Popular Science: The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

From my Are We There Yet? column on Pop Sci

After more than half a century, researchers are still trying to figure out how to engineer individualized organs in a lab.

Decades before the first “test tube babies,” there were “biological cradles.” In fact, artificial wombs, which may soon be entering human trials for high-risk premature babies, got their start as far back as the early 1960s when researchers developed devices and methods to grow human embryos in a lab for as long as 50–60 days....

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.