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Engineering Tissue to Rebuild Damaged Bones and Organs

From the chimera in Greek mythology to the sphinx in ancient Egypt, humans have imagined making creatures from pieces of different organisms for millennia.

Tissue engineering, the innovative field that uses engineering principles to develop biological substitutes for cells or even major organs, is just the latest version, says Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences.

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Study Maps Cancer's Metabolic Paths and Potential for Drugs to Starve Tumors

Global mapping of cancer gene expression changes to the human metabolic network; increased enzymatic expression across tumors is shown in red and decreased in blue (Image credit: Dennis Vitkup)

A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer.

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Earth's Current Warmth Not Seen in the Last 1,400 Years or More, Says Lamont Study

During Europe’s 2003 heat wave, July temperatures in France were as much as 18 degrees F hotter than in 2001. (Image credit: NASA)

Fueled by industrial greenhouse gas emissions, Earth’s climate warmed more between 1971 and 2000 than during any other three-decade interval in the last 1,400 years.

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