Spinning a new yarn: silicone fibers with living organisms

In a feat once as unlikely as the miller's daughter of fairytale fame spinning straw into gold, scientists in the United Kingdom have spun fine threads of biocompatible silicone that contain living human brain cells. The cells remained alive and capable of growth afterward, they say.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news83237739.html">Spinning a new yarn: silicone fibers with living organisms</a></p> <p>In a feat once as unlikely as the miller's daughter of fairytale fame spinning straw into gold, scientists in the United Kingdom have spun fine threads of biocompatible silicone that contain living human brain cells. The cells remained alive and capable of growth afterward, they say.</p>