COLORFUL COLONOIDSOrganoids grown from a mouse’s colon will be used to screen drugs for colorectal cancer.
Posted: February 13, 2019
 Viola Lobert


NEW GROWTH: Injecting a hydrogel that mechanically resembles a blood clot promotes the growth of new blood vessels in mice.
Posted: April 12, 2019
Ag Shastri


DYSTROPHIN RESTORED: Human heart muscle cells with Duchenne muscle dystrophy (left) can be edited by CRISPR to produce the protein dystrophin (in red, right).
Posted: May 15, 2018
 UT Southwestern
NEON TISSUEThis organoid, developed from mouse adipose tissue, has green-stained actin filaments, blue nuclei, and green endoplasmic reticulum.
Posted: May 31, 2019
 Christian Lamberz
TINY TARGETS: A micro-alginate bead containing a colony of antibiotic-producing cells (red) has fewer bacteria (green) than surrounding beads, suggesting the antibiotic is working in that bead.
Posted: April 10, 2019
Steven Schmitt/EHT Zürich

Interested in reading more?

On Target July Issue The Scientist

Become a Member of

Receive full access to digital editions of The Scientist, as well as TS Digest, feature stories, more than 35 years of archives, and much more!
Already a member?