Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have shown significant potential for repairing and regenerating damaged tissues and can be used to provide personalized treatment plans, with broad ...

A new, easily adopted, 3D-printed device will enable scientists to create models of human tissue with even greater control and complexity. An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University ...

A new device that uses light to non-destructively image tissue could revolutionize cartilage and tissue transplant surgery, laying the groundwork for osteoarthritis treatment. Published Sept. 9 in ...

Electrical signalling cues have an important role in regulating human metabolism. Electrical stimulation is widely used to promote tissue regeneration and functional recovery. Electroactive ...

Combining cells, biomaterials and bioactive factors with biophysical cues to engineer cell and tissue constructs can address various applications, such as regenerative and personalized medicine, in ...

Flow chart illustrating the mechanism of action of the tapeworm-inspired tissue anchoring mechanism. Upon contact with a tissue surface (in this case, the intestinal lining), the small protruding ...

RIT researchers have developed an ideal recipe that could advance how bio-tissues are produced. Ahasan Habib, and Christopher Lewis, both professors in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology, and ...

If bladder nerves are damaged from surgery or from a disease, then a patient often loses sensation and is unaware that their bladder is full. Should you run to the bathroom now? Or can you hold it ...

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a ground-breaking material that is designed to prevent the buildup of scar tissue around implantable devices. The ...