
Plant-based gel fast-tracks 'mini-organs' growth
The world’s first bioactive plant-based nanocellulose hydrogel supports organoid growth and helps reduce the costs of studies into cancer and COVID-19.
The world’s first bioactive plant-based nanocellulose hydrogel supports organoid growth and helps reduce the costs of studies into cancer and COVID-19.
Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart.
Researchers have used bacteria to produce intricately designed three-dimensional objects made of nanocellulose.
Scientists at Purdue University have developed tiny robots that can walk through the colon to deliver drugs precisely where needed.
Researchers mechanically reprocess silk into a biologically compatible component of bioinks that improves the structural fidelity of 3D-printed hydrogels containing cells for use in drug development and regrowing lost or damaged body
Radiator-like fluid systems adjust the genetic wiring inside human liver cells in preliminary work toward artificial organ-tissue engineering.
Researchers have developed an approach to print tiny tissues that look and function almost like their full-sized counterpart.
Researchers have developed an oxygen-releasing bioink that may be useful in 3D printing bioengineered cell constructs.
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking process for multi-material 3D printing of lifelike models of the heart's aortic valve and the surrounding structures.
Scientists have shown that 3D printing can be used to control stem cell differentiation into embryoid bodies that replicate heart cells.
Since mid-2019, the Fraunhofer IBMT has been developing an analysis platform as an alternative to animal experiments in drug development.
Researchers have developed a neural network capable of recognizing retinal tissues during the process of their differentiation in a dish.
Scientists have developed a way of using laser-sintering of powdered sugars to produce highly detailed structures that mimick the body’s intricate, branching blood vessels in lab-grown tissues.
Researchers have created an artificial neural network that analyzes lung CT scans to provide information about lung cancer severity that can guide treatment options.
New muscle has successfully been created in mice using a minimally invasive technique dubbed ‘intravital 3D bioprinting’.
Using soft robotic materials, scientists created a high-fidelity respiratory simulator that represents the interplay between between the diaphragm, abdomen and lungs.
An anaesthesia team used 3D printing and virtual reality to produce an exact model of the airway of a 7-year-old girl in order to prepare properly for an operation to remove part of her lung.
Researchers developed a device that can monitor bladder volume in real time and effectively empty the bladder.
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station to explore the production of human tissue in weightlessness.
For the first time, researchers managed to make intact human organs transparent. Using microscopic imaging they could revealed underlying complex structures of the see-through organs at the cellular level.
Researchers have found a way to speed up tissue engineering for potential organ regeneration or replacement using a novel bioprinter.
Researchers report that among patients with obesity, robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes comparable to those seen among nonobese patients.
A robotic single-port kidney transplant, which enables all surgical instruments and the donor kidney to be placed through one small abdominal incision.
Researchers have shown that AI can evaluate written messages by patients with severely diseased livers to detect language abnormalities associated with liver disease.
Researchers have developed a conformable electrode implant that will allow people with a dysfunctional inner ear to hear again.
A new technique called SWIFT (sacrificial writing into functional tissue) allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks.
Organ-on-a-chip technology has the potential to revolutionize drug development. Researchers have succeeded in putting various types of tissue onto chips.
Researchers have developed a technique to 3D bioprint collagen, allowing them to fabricate fully functional components of the human heart.
A tiny fibre-optic sensor has the potential to save lives in open heart surgery, and even during surgery on pre-term babies.