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University of Tokyo Grows Living Human Skin on a Robotic Finger

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have grown living human skin on a robotic finger, a bioengineering milestone reported by tech media. The cultured skin, built from human cells, covers the robotic digit and could one day give robots a lifelike appearance and touch sensitivity, with applications also envisioned in cosmetics testing and regenerative medicine.

Why now: The demonstration of living human tissue successfully grown on a robot is a striking bioengineering breakthrough drawing broad interest.

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