but scientists have taken the important first steps by creating whole functioning organs in rats. Here are some recent successes: Heart: One of the earliest demonstrations of the scaffolding ...

This real-life mutant sewer rat turned out to be far less friendly than the cartoon version known to lurk through the Big ...

The hearing had mentions of Nazi Germany, rats, artificial intelligence and illegal organ harvesting. As the family members shook their heads from the audience, their lawyers fought back.

For example, scientists recently reported the successful growth of mouse pancreases inside of rats. The ultimate goal of this type of work is to grow human organs inside of other animals as a ...

Known as the rat torture method, it originated in medieval Europe, a period of time that is remembered for its unique methods of torture and execution. While rats have been used as punishment methods ...

More than 111 million rats and mice are estimated to be used in U.S. research labs each year, subjected to painful and ...

The team’s engineered esophagi included not only differentiated muscle cells, but also nerves and blood vessels, which are key to the survival of the implanted organs. (Stay tuned for a May feature on ...