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Novel bioprinter shows potential to speed tissue engineering

Researchers have found a way to speed up tissue engineering for potential organ regeneration or replacement using a novel bioprinter.

Robotic transplants safe for obese kidney disease patients

Researchers report that among patients with obesity, robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes comparable to those seen among nonobese patients.

World’s first robotic single-port kidney transplant

A robotic single-port kidney transplant, which enables all surgical instruments and the donor kidney to be placed through one small abdominal incision.

AI can detect language problems tied to liver failure

Researchers have shown that AI can evaluate written messages by patients with severely diseased livers to detect language abnormalities associated with liver disease.

A swifter way towards 3D printed organs

A new technique called SWIFT (sacrificial writing into functional tissue) allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks.

Teaching an organ-on-a-chip to see

Organ-on-a-chip technology has the potential to revolutionize drug development. Researchers have succeeded in putting various types of tissue onto chips.

One step closer to bioprinting the human heart

Researchers have developed a technique to 3D bioprint collagen, allowing them to fabricate fully functional components of the human heart.

Blood flow monitor could save lives

A tiny fibre-optic sensor has the potential to save lives in open heart surgery, and even during surgery on pre-term babies.

A revolution in regenerative medicine

3D printing: Researchers from across disciplines are developing new approaches and new materials for creating soft tissues.

Augmented reality and 3D printing for surgery

Researchers are combining virtual reality, augmented reality and 3D printing in order to improve the planning and realization of surgeries.

Can bioprinted stem-cell tissue be used to treat kidney disease?

Researchers have announced a collaboration to 3D bioprint stem-cell tissue that could one day be used to treat end-stage kidney disease.

3D printed artificial corneas similar to human ones

Researchers have 3D printed an artificial cornea using the bioink which is made of decellularized corneal stroma and stem cells.

Bioprinting tissue and organs through lithography

Artificial organs: researchers are developing a lithography method that relies on light sheet illumination and on special photosensitive hydrogels that are mixed with living cells.

Organ-on-a-chip: Device simplifies study of blood cells

A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyse cells and tiny particles as if they were inside the human body.

Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh air

Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.

3D printing of biological tissue

Scientists hope we will soon be using 3D-printed biologically functional tissue to replace irreparably damaged tissue in the body.

Organtransplantation: Biophotonic therapy kills infections

Scientists have developed a new technique for the decontamination of organs before transplantation using ultraviolet and red light irradiation.

First heart 3D printed using patient’s own cells

Researchers have "printed" the world's first 3D vascularised engineered heart using a patient's own cells and biological materials.

AR concept for minimally invasive therapies unveiled

Royal Philips unveiled a unique mixed reality concept developed together with Microsoft Corp. for the operating room of the future.

Miniature kidney organoids come of age

Method for growing kidney organoids under flow enhances their vascularization and maturation, increasing their potential for drug testing and regenerative medicine.

Gummy-like robots could help prevent disease

Scientists have developed microscopic, hydrogel-based muscles that can manipulate and mechanically stimulate biological tissue.

Ears from the 3D-printer

Researchers use the biodegradable material cellulose to produce implants for cartilage diseases using 3D printing.

Sensor monitors blood-oxygen levels through skin

A new flexible sensor developed by engineers can map blood-oxygen levels over large areas of skin, tissue and organs.

3D printed placenta-on-a-chip created in the laboratory

Researchers at TU Vienna have created an artificial placenta-on-a-chip microfluidic device, using a high-resolution 3D printing process.

A 3D printer ceates complex biological tissues

A technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials could help advance regenerative medicine.

Robots grow mini-organs from human stem cells

A robotic approach to mass-producing organoids could accelerate regenerative medicine research and drug discovery.

“Body-on-a-chip” could improve drug evaluation

MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans.