Parents collect mementos of special events in the life of their child starting at birth. We came upon the idea of making impressions of a baby's hand and/or foot in the newborn intensive care unit ...

correctionA previous version of this story misspelled the name of the 3-D printer manufacturer in the photo cutline as Stratsys. This version has been corrected. Instead of gagging on the clay-like ...

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are being widely investigated as a promising source of hepatocytes with their proliferative, renewable, and pluripotent capacities. However, controlled and scalable ES cell ...

Margarita Smith is Casting the Human Form. Smith's new business venture offers body castings — essentially, custom sculptures of a person. Popular casting subjects are of hands, baby feet and baby ...