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follicles

Scientists 3D-print hair follicles in lab-grown skin

Andrew McCollum Nov 19, 2023

A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in the lab. This marks the first time researchers have used the…

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The immune system is very complicated, but now, it’s on a chip: Lymphoid follicles formed in a…

Andrew McCollum Mar 17, 2022

To quote veteran science writer Ed Yong's simple yet extremely accurate words in The Atlantic, "The immune system is very complicated." As the COVID-19 pandemic had made abundantly clear,…