by Jovana Drinjakovic | Apr 25, 2018
Miniature human brains continue to develop when hooked up to a blood supply in the mouse brain in a finding that opens up new avenues for learning how the brain forms and falls ill, while at the same time raising ethical questions. Last week, two teams reported...
by Stacey Johnson | Jul 27, 2017
Last August, Signals hosted its first blog carnival and it was so much fun, we’re doing it again. Missed it? No idea what a blog carnival involves? The way I explained it last year is like this: A blog carnival is essentially an online blogging “party” with many...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | May 10, 2017
Last month, a study published in Nature revealed that researchers have unknowingly been working on human stem cell lines that harbour mutations in a gene linked to many cancers, raising safety concerns over their use in therapy. But the findings don’t condemn stem...
by Stacey Johnson | Apr 21, 2017
3D printing is a topic we’ve covered before at Signals. It’s still hot and trendy, and still making the cut on top technology lists. Back in 2012, Chris Anderson, the former editor-in-chief of Wired, predicted that 3D printing “will be bigger than the web.”...
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