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Dr. Samuel Achilefu’s cancer-visualizing goggles empower surgeons to detect tumors in real time, revolutionizing surgical precision and showcasing African brilliance in global medical innovation.

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Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?

Gravity can be a real downer when you are trying to grow organs. That’s why experiments in space are so valuable. They have revealed a new perspective into biological sciences, including insights into making human tissues.Augmented reality makes these wine bottles come to lifeWho says wine labels have to be boring? This Australian winemaker developed an app that makes their labels come to life, through the magic of Augmented Reality.Volume 0% Gravity influences cellular behavior by impacting how protein and genes interact inside the cells, creating tissue that is polarized, a fundamental step for natural organ development. Unfortunately, gravity is against us when we try to reproduce complex three dimensional tissues in the lab for medical transplantation. This is difficult because of the intrinsic limitations of bio-reactors used on Earth. I am a stem cell biologist and interested on brain health and evolution. My lab studies how the human brain is formed inside the womb and how alterations in this process might have lifelong consequences to human behavior, such as in autism or schizophrenia. Part of that work includes growing brain cells in space. Growing tissue and organs in the lab To build organized tissues in the lab, scientists use scaffolds to provide a surface for cells to attach based on a predetermined rigid shape. For example, an artificial kidney needs a structure, or scaffold, of a certain shape for kidney cells to grow on. Read the full article