Hacker News with Generative AI: Regenerative Medicine

How the Non-Essential Spleen Could Regenerate Vital Organs Inside the Body (discovermagazine.com)
The idea of using the body’s own organs as mini bioreactors to grow replacement tissue or even regenerate other organs might sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it's already becoming reality in cutting-edge labs around the world.

Science, Biology, Regenerative Medicine, Bioengineering

5 points by jnord 14 days ago | 0 comments

Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1k% success (newatlas.com)
In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go through the intermediate step of converting them to stem cells first.

Regenerative Medicine, Neuroscience, Biology, Stem Cells

4 points by 01-_- 85 days ago | 1 comments

The quest for a "communication device" that tells cells to regenerate the body (bigthink.com)
What if medicine could harness this innate healing ability with precision, using technology to direct the body to repair damaged tissues and organs, or even regenerate them entirely?

Biotechnology, Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Cellular Regeneration

6 points by Anon84 104 days ago | 0 comments

Clinical Trials for Drug That Replaces Missing Teeth Underway (sciencealert.com)
People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants.

Dentistry, Medical Research, Regenerative Medicine

4 points by arizen 172 days ago | 2 comments

Chicago scientists develop revolutionary cartilage regeneration technology [video] (youtube.com)

Chicago, Science, Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Technology

5 points by nikolay 284 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists discover macrophages that participate in alveolar regeneration (medicalxpress.com)