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Printing Blood Vessels

3D Printing Blood Vessels
They call it “ink,” but actually it’s a gelatin-based material that forms extracellular matrix and micro vessels, [MORE]

A Blood Test for the Cause of Stroke

Ischemia Care
Acute ischemic stroke is life threatening, but can be reversible if the restricted blood flow is corrected quickly, which [MORE]

First Bioengineered Vein Implant in the US

Bioengineered Vein
Last June 5th, surgeons at Duke University Hospital implanted a bioengineered vein into the arm of a [MORE]

Building Collagen Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine

In a process that resembles the manufacture of plywood, bioengineers at Tufts University have used bovine tendon collagen—sliced, stacked [MORE]

An Amazing Device: the Cooling Glove

Cooling Glove
Be sure to look at the video attached to this piece.  It describes how a rapid, but controlled [MORE]

Printing Living Organs

U Penn 3D Printer Tissue
One of the problems in growing organs in tissue culture is creating the vascularization that [MORE]

Stem Cell Disease

“For the first time, we are showing evidence that vascular diseases are actually a kind of stem cell disease,” [MORE]

3-D Printing for Muscle Tissue

Novogenmxx
A San Diego company, Organovo, is using a modified form of 3-D printing to create human tissues—so far, heart [MORE]

“Microvascular Stamp” Bandage

In the mind’s eye, imagine a postage stamp with live cells arrayed upon its surface in a specific pattern.  [MORE]

Tissue Cultured Blood Vessels

Tissue Engineering
In a clinical trial in Poland, three dialysis patients had allogenic tissue-engineered vascular grafts implanted to perform as [MORE]

Growing Shelf-Stable Blood Vessels

Synthetic Blood Vessel
It’s a neat trick: seeding smooth muscle cells onto artificial scaffolding in the shape of a blood [MORE]