Given the diverse cell types and complex structure of the human inner ear, will researchers ever be able to re-create it?

As researchers conduct the most rigorous human trials of cardiac cell therapies yet attempted, a clear picture of whether these treatments actually work is imminent.

An animated primer on the harvesting, growth, and administration of cardiac cells to heart attack patients

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2014 issue of The Scientist

A simple genetic formula coaxes a shrunken mouse thymus to regenerate.  

Researchers use an adapted reprogramming technique to generate hepatocytes for the repopulation of an injured mouse liver.

With the advent of xenotransplantation, tissues made from cell-seeded scaffolds, and 3-D-printing, custom-made organs must be right around the corner.

Doctors culture a custom-made trachea from plastic fibers and human cells, and successfully implant it into a child who was born without the organ.

When molecular biology methods failed her, Sangeeta Bhatia turned to engineering and microfabrication to build a liver from scratch.