Scientists have turned spinach leaves into human heart tissue

BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCASĀ  The lucrative field of genetically-engineered organs and organ transplants gets stranger every day. In 2006, researchers started implanting fully-formed pig hearts into baboons; with the help of heavy anti-rejection medication, the baboons and their new tickers…

Stem cells can now be gathered from urine samples

BY: DUSTIN BATTY Stem cell research is a controversial topic that is often vilified in the minds of the general public. This is in part because of the vast mainstream media coverage of the debates surrounding the use of embryonic…