An "out-of-this-world" project has the potential to transform the future of tissue engineering and liver transplantation through innovative research conducted aboard the International Space Station ...

The rising incidence of cancer worldwide has led to an increasing number of surgeries that involve the removal of lymph nodes. Although these procedures play a major role in cancer staging and ...

Four patented Tissue Orb bioreactors within spaceflight hardware. This configuration will be launched into space and installed into the International Space Station during the first flight experiment ...

These fields aim to facilitate healing and restore lost function in damaged or diseased tissues and organs by integrating scaffolds, cells, and biological signaling molecules. This combination aims to ...

Researchers from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University say they have developed a new method of bioprinting physiological materials. Called TRACE (Tunable Rapid Assembly of ...

Cutting edge: Scientists studying human tissue self-assembly will try to grow human liver tissue in space next year. The microgravity of the ISS provides a perfect environment to allow cells to ...

In recent years, there have been tremendous advances in tissue engineering, the field of biomaterials research and development that combines living cells with 3D microstructures and biologically ...

The new technique enables laser light to penetrate deeper into living tissue, which captures sharper images of cells at different layers of a living system. On left is the initial image, and on right ...

Forward-looking: Swedish scientists are pushing regenerative medicine closer to a breakthrough that could one day allow doctors to rebuild living skin, complete with blood vessels. Building on years ...

The ability to visualize cancerous tumors and metastatic tissue three dimensionally (3D) can help clinicians diagnose the precise type and stage of cancer, while also informing the best treatment ...