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A Bioengineered Cornea

Bioengineered corneal tissue for minimally invasive vision restoration in advanced keratoconus
“We [ophthalmology and materials researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden] [MORE]

Piezoelectric and Peptide Nanotechnology

Collagen mimicking peptide assembly
This piece describes how researchers at Tel Aviv University “by using a simple, minimalistic, building block of [MORE]

Mechanical Stimulation influences Organoid Growth

Mechanical plasticity of collagen in mammary gland organoids
In both organ and tumor growth, chemical and mechanical signaling interact.  In this [MORE]

Microgel Coated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Can Reverse Lung Tissue Fibrosis

Microgel coated MSCs to degrade scar tissue
“. . . [University of Illinois at Chicago] researchers engineered a thin microgel that, [MORE]

Bioprinting Nose Cartilage

Nasal cartilage
Bioengineers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton report “the fidelity of Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogel (FRESH) [MORE]

Human “Textiles” Made from Collagen for Blood Vessel Repair

Blood vessels made from textiles
European tissue engineers have made strong, pliable “blood vessels” from sheets of extracellular matrix.  Moreover, these [MORE]

Artificial Cornea Model

Model the-chip-in-hand to study corneal healing
To study how the cornea heals after injury, bioengineers at the University of Texas Southwest [MORE]

Printing an Adult-Sized Human Heart

 
Rebuilding the human hear
Carnegie Mellon University researchers report “a method to 3D-bioprint collagen using freeform reversible embedding of suspended hydrogels [MORE]

Microbiome Diversity and Tumor Metastasis

Human microbiome
Cancer researchers at the University of Virginia have made an interesting observation that links microbe diversity in intestines to [MORE]

A Human Acellular Vessel (HAV)

Human Acellular Vessel
Here’s a fascinating new twist on engineered blood vessels.  Researchers at Humacyte, Inc. (Durham, NC), used a biodegradable [MORE]

A Portable 3-D Printer for Wound Repair

Portable 3D skin printer
Using a “hand held skin printer that resembles a white-out tape dispenser—except that tape roll is replaced [MORE]

3-D Printed Pigmented Human Skin

3D Printing Skin Pigmentation
Bioengineers in Singapore have used 3-D printing, in a two-step process, to create living, artificial human skin [MORE]

Collagen Ink for 3-D Bioprinting

Biopriniting of CMA Scaffolds
Biochemists at Rutgers University have shown how to 3-D print scaffolds for tissue culture and regenerative medicine [MORE]

Electro-Spinning Collagen for Organ Scaffolds

Biological Scaffolds
The process known as electrospinning, whereby a high voltage drives a liquid polymer through a small orifice causing it [MORE]