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Lab-grown ‘sushi roll’ muscle brings biohybrid prosthetic hands closer to reality
Researchers in Japan have taken a major step forward in biohybrid robotics by developing a hand powered by lab-grown muscle ...
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Biohybrid hand uses sushi-like rolls of lab-grown human muscle to move objects
A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been built by a team at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown ...
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Tissue-specific responses to TFAM and mtDNA copy number manipulation in prematurely ageing mice
This is an important and solid study that examines the role of TFAM, a protein that helps maintain mtDNA, in mtDNA mutator mice. The authors have demonstrated that TFAM's counteractive role in mtDNA ...
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Identification of a sub-population of synovial mesenchymal stem cells with enhanced treatment efficacy in a rat model of Osteoarthritis
This important study focused on characterizing clonally derived MSC populations from the synovium of normal and osteoarthritis (OA) patients, demonstrating their potential to regenerate cartilage in ...