Scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step toward restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery or other injuries ...

It was the red toenail polish that left one first-year medical student at the University of Colorado breathless—the ineffable reminder that the cadaver he dissected in anatomy lab was once a living ...

In an effort to develop a method for cartilage tissue engineering, researchers have successfully used cartilage cells from cow knee joints. By creating a successful method with conditions conducive to ...

For many patients, waiting for an organ to become available for transplant is painstakingly long process, and it comes with a torrent of mixed emotions. Once an organ has become available, there is ...

Gut tissue that is almost exactly like the real thing has been grown in the lab and successfully grafted into mice for the first time. The achievement brings us closer to growing gut tissue ...

AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...

For Werner, the lab validated his pursuit of medicine, squashing any doubts he may have had. “If there’s one thing this course has proven to me over the hours, weeks of time in the anatomy lab, even ...

AMES, Iowa – A new anatomy laboratory at Iowa State University is nearing the end of its first year offering students an opportunity to study human cadavers donated for teaching purposes. The anatomy ...

For allied health professions, nursing, public health and other health education programs that accept students as undergraduates, the basic life sciences of biology and chemistry form part of the ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa has received a $412,905 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to expand and modernize its Anatomy and Physiology I and II laboratories. Part ...