What if repairing large segments of damaged muscle tissue was as simple as mobilizing the body’s stem cells to the site of the injury? New research in mice and rats, conducted at Wake Forest... Read more
New methods and techniques for engineering lungs for patients with COPD and pulmonary fibrosis In end-stage lung disease, transplantation is sometimes the only viable therapeutic option, but... Read more
“New areas of research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.” Desktop 3-D printers can already pump out a toy trinket, gear set or even parts to make another printer. Medical rese... Read more
It may be that surgery and general anesthesia would not be required Universities and scientific organizations all over the world are currently looking into ways of growing functioning... Read more
Around the world, scientists have been working on ways of replacing the heart tissue that dies when a heart attack occurs. These efforts have resulted in heart “patches” that are... Read more
A new invention may make things easier for patients with serious bone injuries. From wounded warriors to cancer patients to accident victims, there are an estimated 500,000 bone graft proced... Read more