kavin submitted, created time 5 months 3 days (blogs.wsj.com)

In the quaint New England town of Great Barrington, Mass., there’s a group of kindly folks who spend their days churning out body parts--from colons to bladders to beating hearts.

Sounds like a Stephen King story or maybe even a slasher flick, we know. But this is for real. The town in the Berkshire Hills is home to the Chamberlain Group, a company that makes lifelike models to train doctors.

The company does have its roots in Hollywood, though

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Sue Wu submitted, created time 7 months 1 week (www.sciam.com)

New research indicates that an alginate-based biomaterial injected into heart attack victims may stave off further damage.

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Eric wu submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

Approximately 3000 patients in the United States are on the waiting list for a heart transplant, but only about 2000 donor organs become available each year.

This article put forward a new method to solve the life-and-death problem.It includes two pivotal factors:The first one is that we need to find an appropriate stem cell that can give rise to heart tissue;The second one is that the cells require a framework, or scaffolding, to grow on.

Do you think it is feasible to resolve the difficult medical problem?

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