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Scientists grow human tear glands that cry, a world's first

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Generally, it's not considered a very nice thing to make something cry, but new research doing just that could help people who can't.

In a world first, scientists have grown tear glands from human stem cells in a dish, and induced them to produce tears - a significant achievement that could help develop therapies for tear gland disorders, and a step towards regenerative therapies, far into the future.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-tear-glands-in-a-dish-and-made-them-cry

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/16/for-crying-out-loud-dutch-scientists-grow-human-tear-glands

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