Volumetric bioprinting process
Bioprinting today is performed as an additive manufacturing process—layer by layer. Researchers at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) now show [MORE]
Healing gel
“A hydrogel that incorporates billions of bacteriophages forms a material that is self-healing and also offers antibacterial services for [MORE]
Harvard hydrogel bandage
Harvard bioengineers report this: “The idea is to create a hydrogel that can cover a wound, help stop [MORE]
Hydrogels with flexible electronics
“Hydrogel” entered the biomedical lexicon 125 years ago, and its variations now include uses for wound healing, [MORE]
3D printed lung air sac
Using technology named “Stereolithographic Apparatus for Tissue Engineering” a Rice University lab has 3D-printed a life-like [MORE]
Hydrogel with biomolecules for healing
Specially engineered hydrogels can be loaded with growth factors that attract stem cells for wound healing, [MORE]
3D printing paper organs
Here’s a novel idea: create paper models of organs and tumors, complete with blood vessels, nerves and [MORE]
Rabbit fat pad regeneration
Trauma, tumor removal, congenital defects and aging can result in soft tissue loss that require reconstructive surgery. [MORE]
Functional vascular functional topologies
This piece from researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and four university labs “. . . [MORE]
Bone regeneration through ultrasound control of genes
University of Michigan bioengineers have shown a new method for regenerating bone and soft [MORE]
Ingestible pill monitor
Ingestible sensors have to work in a tough neighborhood—the stomach. For that reason, MIT engineers have created a [MORE]
Modular soft robotic microdevices
In this piece, engineers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne describe this technology for manufacturing soft [MORE]
Brachytherapy seeds
Considering the long standing sports rivalry between Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, it might come as a [MORE]
Kizkitza González and team develop new hydrogel for brain implants
Engineers at the University of the Basque Country and the University [MORE]