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Fruit flies will produce the next groundbreaking medical therapy
And, according to a new life cycle assessment, will significantly reduce biotech's environmental footprint
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Matthew Fainor
Why should biomedical engineers care about ocean plastics?
A Q&A with researcher Dr. Bryan D. James
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Matthew Fainor
Have scientists engineered the perfect regenerative bone therapy?
New "HyTEC" implants were 4.5 times more effective than the clinical gold standard
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Matthew Fainor
The future is fleshy...if we can actually grow it
A Q&A with Dr. James Henstock about bringing tissue-engineered products to market using mechanobiology
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Matthew Fainor
Can bioreactors replace animals?
Three case studies on how to use bioreactors to test, grow, and scale tissue-engineered therapies
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Matthew Fainor
Care is an unlimited resource
A conversation with Jasmine Lu about slime mold, large systems problems, and partnership
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Matthew Fainor
Reimagining Fleshy Futures
Tissue Engineering the 21st Century
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Matthew Fainor
Cultured Meat News Roundup (November 11, 2021)
Is cultured meat an impossible promise?
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Matthew Fainor
Food for Thought
What is Cultured Meat?
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Matthew Fainor
TikTok is Just the Beginning
How to move from the screen and into your community
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Matthew Fainor
"A good story is both foreign and familiar"
A parking lot chat with bioartist Corinne Okada Takara
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Matthew Fainor
"I'm too stupid for science"
Actually, anyone can be a scientist with @big-science-energy
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Matthew Fainor
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