Researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of 'bio-printing' transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major diseases and trauma injuries, a new study reports. Scientists have ...

Class of 2022 Cadet Nicolas Shriver sets up a 3D bioprinter before using hydrogels to print an aortic valve. (Brandon OConnor/Army) Twenty-six cadets in their final year at West Point are conducting ...

For the many people waiting for transplants, 3D-printed organs can't come soon enough. Researchers have been making strides towards developing the technology that would make it possible to simply ...

According to U.S. Government Information on Organ Donation and Transplantation, hundreds of thousands of patients across the U.S. are currently on a waiting list for a transplanted organ, and 20 ...

West Point pre-med students are doing research that could lead to the 3D printing of “bio bandages” and small body parts. So-called “bio printers” could print things such as bone cartilage and blood ...

For decades, scientists, ethicists, and technologists have discussed the possibility of having cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, among other names, as a mainstream replacement for ...

Additive manufacturing pioneer 3D Systems has announced the acquisition of Volumetric Biotechnologies, a Houston-based biotech company dedicated to pursuing the manufacture of human organs using ...

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 ...

The collaboration, using Steakholder’s proprietary 3D bio-printing technology, is a significant step forward in both companies’ mission to cultivate and scale sustainable alternatives to ...

An artist's impression of bio-printing.--Courtesy of the University of Bristol A new stem cell-containing bio-ink could be used to create living tissue through 3-D printing, called "bio-printing." The ...