Organ Factory

Don’t worry, it’ll grow back!  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For patients needing organ transplants, the wait can take years. But what if we could grow organs… on a dish?? Amy Stoddard [Amy STOD-urd] and team at Harvard University did just that! They identified

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Pop-Up Patrol

All quiet on the … digestion front?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Your immune system usually “trains” soldier cells at lymph nodes — before shipping them out. But what if the battle is too far away? Enter John Gridley and Arash Grakoui from Emory

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This Liver’s Hot

New bombshells have entered Love Island: the mini-livers! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. A bad immune reaction is like a bad date, but we all need love, er, liver therapies… that are safe… right? Meet the DASHING mini-liver – by Fadoua El Abdellaoui Soussi

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