In September, scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health announced they had successfully grown “humanized” kidneys inside pig embryos.The scientists genetically altered...

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Brain organoids have come a long way. These mini-brains, at most the size of a pea, are made from stem cells or reprogrammed skin...