The majority of human illnesses is caused by damage of a single organ like the liver whose failure accounts for 2M deaths worldwide every year. Orthotopic transplants are the only curative therapy ...

Liver failure is one of the most serious and deadly medical conditions, claiming thousands of lives each year as patients in ...

The project, titled Liver Immunocompetent Volumetric Engineering (LIVE), aims to address the shortage of donor organs by ...

The funding, part of a new ARPA-H bioprinting initiative, aims to create transplant-ready organs—potentially within ...

Organ failure impacts millions of patients each year and costs hundreds of billions of US Dollars. Over the last 30 years, scientists have utilized a combination of tools, methods, and molecules of ...

Bioengineered organs are no longer just structural substitutes. A new review published in Trends in Biotechnology introduces a groundbreaking concept: biohybrid-engineered tissue (BHET) ...

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh are working to develop 3D-printed organic tissue models that mimic the behavior of living organs. Online cover of Science Advances, April issue. A ...

Biomedical engineers have developed a silk-based, ultrathin membrane that can be used in organ-on-a-chip models to better mimic the natural environment of cells and tissues within the body. When used ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

Researchers have determined what affects lumen shape in pancreatic organoids, leading to the development of more accurate ...