Biohybrid hand uses sushi-like rolls of lab-grown human muscle to move objects

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A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been built by a team at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushi-like rolls to give the fingers enough strength to contract.