Though few people outside medicine and biology know the word, collagen is one of the most important constituents of the human body, making up 30% of its protein. In bone and tooth enamel, its long ...

Scientists at the Pasteur Institute in France say they have developed artificial lymphoid organ-chips that recreate much of the human immune system’s response to booster vaccines. The technology, ...

With advancements in bioengineering and technology, artificial organs could become a reality soon. Explore how close we are to developing fully functional manmade replacements for human organs.

A new kind of 3D-printable material that can stretch, flex and still stay friendly to living cells could change how medical implants, artificial organs and even batteries are built. Developed by ...

The award for UT Southwestern will support research at one of the Metroplex's premier medical centers. The ...

A computational model that could rapidly design a blood vessel network for any 3D-printed organ may take us a step closer to transplanting artificial livers, kidneys or hearts without the need for a ...

When 500 far-out medical investigators gathered in Chicago last week for the annual meeting of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, they spent much of their time discussing something ...

On World Organ Transplant Day, we usually hear about the urgent need for more donors, the lifesaving power of a transplant, and how one person’s decision can save up to eight lives. That is all still ...

A series of interviews conducted jointly by the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the National Museum of American History, and the National Library of Medicine. The interviews are of ...

The lymphoid organ-chips are created by embedding peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) within an extracellular matrix (ECM), which can then be exposed to viral antigens to mimic the effects of ...