Micropores in fabricated tissues allow nutrient and oxygen diffusion into the core. This novel approach may eventually allow lab-grown tissue to contain blood vessels
Micropores let oxygen and nutrients inside biofabricated tissues
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3D tumour model shows potential to improve cancer drug discovery
A 3D breast cancer model made from decellularized porcine lung provides a promising platform to study tumour biology and develop new targeted therapies
Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly
Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands
Easy-to-image microbeads continuously monitor disease biomarkers
Microbead mobility measurement provides a step towards a wearable diagnostic device
pMSCs sheets for engineered repair and regeneration of heart tissue
Work furthers the effort to establish the use of placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells in tissue repair
Magnetic nanobots could treat retinal disease
Propeller-shaped devices can easily swim through the dense, vitreous tissue of the eye
Plasma jets encourage bone growth with 3D printed implants
Revolutionary new finding could allow doctors to treat patients using implants as a scaffold that allow the bone to grow over it
Transient optical sensors monitor brain health before dissolving away
Bioresorbable optical sensors inserted in the body during surgery circumvent the need for permanent brain implants and subsequent surgeries to monitor brain health
Patient’s own cells used to engineer personalized tissue implants
Scientists have developed new tech that makes the risk of immune response to an organ implant “virtually disappear”