tissue engineering
Printing Organs On-Demand With Safe Bioink
Scientists from South Korea have created a novel bioink compatible with the human body, enabling complex yet safe 3D printing of tissues and organs.
Ensuring Transplant Success With Artificial Blood Vessels
To reduce the risk of a rejected organ transplant, a team from South Korea has built an artificial blood vessel platform that mimics real blood flow and clotting.
Scientists Develop A Hair-Raising Protocol
By encapsulating hair follicle stem cells in collagen and growing them with skin cells in a U-shaped well plate array, researchers in Japan have found a way to grow hair at scale for transplantation.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Nguyen Thi Hiep
Dr. Nguyen Thị Hiep is on a mission to promote tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in her home country of Vietnam.
Engineering Blood Vessels Using Shape-Morphing Scaffolds
Researchers have developed a shape-morphing scaffold that can be used to create three-dimensional blood vessel grafts.
Doubling Down On Bone Repair
Japanese researchers have developed a technique that increases the speed of bone repair through a double-layered cell transfer technology.
Could A Pill Be Used To Rebuild The Liver? (VIDEO)
Researchers have discovered a small molecule inhibitor that promotes liver tissue regeneration, which may pave the way for medicines that help to rebuild organs.
Scientists Grow Tissues Resembling Human Mid-Brains
Grown from stem cells in the laboratory, these mid-brain structures could one day be used to test drugs for aging-related brain disorders.
Biomaterials ‘Spin’ Doctor
In somewhat of a happy accident, Teoh Swee Hin was inspired by a pregnant graduate student to develop a cell bioreactor that rotates like a baby in the mother’s womb.
Need A New Kidney? Let’s Regenerate One!
Under the correct conditions, kidney progenitor cells can be induced to produce more glomeruli and tubules, the building blocks of the kidney.
