Tissue Engineering

Molecular ‘fingerprint’ for tissue taken from first isotope-enriched mouse has huge potential for scientific breakthroughs, as well as improved medical...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made an important step in understanding how hearts are formed in developing...

Damaged leg muscles grew stronger and showed signs of regeneration in three out of five men whose old injuries were...

Tissue engineering has been used to construct natural oesophagi, which in combination with bone marrow stem cells have been safely...

How do embryos form the cells in our lungs, muscles, nerves and other tissues? A new process decodes the genetic...

Scientists at the University of Basel report first ever successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in the laboratory. Cartilage...

When a heart gets damaged, such as during a major heart attack, there’s no easy fix. But scientists working on...

One in a thousand children in the United States is deaf, and one in three adults will experience significant hearing...

Researchers at UC Berkeley found that an electrical current can be used to orchestrate the flow of a group of...

In end-stage lung disease, transplantation is sometimes the only viable therapeutic option, but organ availability is limited and rejection presents...

Scientists at Imperial College London are aiming to cut the need to use animals in research by improving methods for...

In 3D, healthy hearts do their own version of the twist. Rather than a simple pumping action, they circulate blood...

Cambridge research that has for the first time successfully grown “mini-livers” from adult mouse stem cells has won the UK’s...

Our cells don't live in a vacuum. They are surrounded by a complex, nurturing matrix that is essential for many...