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• From Xenobots to "Neurobots": Living Machines Develop Primitive Nervous Systems, Opening New Frontier in Biological Robotics

  Published: Apr 30, 2026

  Section: Research

  Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard’s Wyss Institute have successfully integrated neural precursor cells into "xenobots," creating "neurobots" that self-organize primitive...

• Harvard Researchers Develop Synthetic Biology Strategy To Grow Functional Liver Tissue On Demand Inside Human Bodies

  Published: Apr 18, 2026

  Section: Health Technology

  A collaborative team from the Wyss Institute, MIT, and Boston University has engineered a method called BOOST to trigger liver tissue expansion after implantation. The study, publi...