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A ‘ghost heart’ is a pig’s heart prepared so that it can be transplanted into people. Provided by Doris Taylor

August 10, 2023

Lab‑grown ‘ghost hearts’ work to solve organ transplant shortage by combining a cleaned‑out pig heart with a patient’s own stem cells

Doris Taylor, University of New Hampshire

Scientist Doris Taylor explains how she and her team are creating bioengineered human hearts in their lab with the goal of one day eliminating the need for heart transplants.

If the government expanded the new $73 million Student Work-Integrated Learning program to all students it could help tackle Canada’s most intractable social problems — such as homelessness, reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, affordable housing, social cohesion and intercultural understanding.

October 24, 2017

Government should expand student placements into social sector

David Peacock, University of Alberta

A new government program will create 10,000 work placements for undergraduates in only business and STEM subjects. Why not fund students to innovate in the social sector too?

February 27, 2017

Scientists create electric circuits inside plants

Stuart Thompson, University of Westminster

Do androids smell electric roses?

September 1, 2016

Insects are helping us develop the future of hearing aids

Rob Malkin, University of Bristol

Studying the way insects hear and make their own sounds is inspiring new hearing technology.

Tiny humans would consume less and emit less, but who’s ready to genetically engineer their kids? Dylan Luder

April 16, 2012

No modest proposal: bioengineering humans for global warming

Clive Hamilton, Charles Sturt University

You know the situation is getting desperate when three bio-ethicists propose genetically modifying humans to reduce our environmental impact. In a bizarre paper titled Human engineering and climate change…

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