They implanted the shape of a human ear in the back of a mouse as part of research to better understand how they could help grow body parts for humans. They published their results in 1997 .

Back in 1997, a rather bizarre photograph suddenly became very famous. It showed a totally hairless mouse, with what appeared to be a human ear growing out of its back. That photograph prompted a ...

The bad news: Remember that picture of the mouse with a human ear on its back? It was reported that scientists "grew" that ear there. Well, they didn't. They got the mouse to grow skin over a ...

In 2022, a 3D-bioprinted ear was implanted into a human for the first time in a clinical trial. “Breaking the barrier of having a 3D-printed living implant placed in a human is enormous,” said ...

Scientists in Israel are now one step closer to growing human organs in a laboratory thanks to mouse embryos. They successfully grew synthetic mouse embryos without using sperm, eggs, or a womb ...