Tissue engineering is making a huge impact in the world of science with artificial scaffold structures, in which new cells are encouraged to grow. This means that the nanostructure of tissue... Read more
MEDICAL IMAGING From microscopes to nuclear imaging scanners, imaging technology is growing ever more vital for the world’s hospitals, whether for the diagnosis of illness or for resea... Read more
Duke University biomedical engineers have grown three-dimensional human heart muscle that acts just like natural tissue. This advancement could be important in treating heart attack patients... Read more
Just as people have embraced computers and smart phones, they may also give their blessing to talking tissue boxes and other smart objects, according to Penn State researchers. “Smart... Read more
Organovo announced that it has succeeded in using the device to create three-dimensional functioning human livers Back in 2009, we heard about a 3D bio-printer that had been developed throug... Read more
A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated. The new type of material consist... Read more
A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could provide early identification of specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies, researchers at Case Western Res... Read more
Aims for fast and affordable scans, early and quick diagnoses A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and ot... Read more
Next steps in the application of this new technique include fabrication of different types of functional tissues Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new “plug-and-play” meth... Read more
Experts agree that rising Chinese labor costs and improving U.S. technology will gradually cause significant manufacturing activity to return to the United States. When it does, a new interd... Read more
At the Vienna University of Technology substances have been developed which allow to create fully functional heart cells. Grazed skin grows back quickly, dead heart tissue does not. This is... Read more
“If localized drug delivery is an important goal, then nanospheres will fail” Many medically minded researchers are in hot pursuit of designs that will allow drug-carrying nanopa... Read more
A cure for congenital sight impairment caused by lens damage is closer following research by scientists at Monash University. Associate Professor Tiziano Barberi and Dr Isabella Mengarelli f... Read more
Design software company Autodesk has teamed up with bioprinting company Organovo to try to deliver us the future of personalized medicine: new organs that can be printed up just for you. Tak... Read more
Using implants made from porous biocompatible materials, scientists have recently been successful in regrowing things such as teeth, tendons and heart tissue, plus bone and cartilage. The ma... Read more
