Researchers have developed a new platform that can replicate different types of blood vessel structures. Blood vessels are less like straight pipes and more like a crowded city road map, with turns, ...

Blood vessels are like big-city highways; full of curves, branches, merges, and congestion. Yet for years, lab models replicated vessels like straight, simple roads. To better capture the complex ...

Over 100,000 individuals in the United States are currently in need of organ transplants. The demand for organs, such as hearts, kidneys, and livers, far exceeds the available supply and people ...

How can we investigate the effects of a new drug? How can we better understand the interaction between different organs to grasp the systemic response? In biomedical research, so-called ...

Artist's representation of the 'living blood vessel'. Credit: Ziyu Wang, Ella Maru Studio An international consortium of researchers led by the University of Sydney, has developed technology to enable ...

Innovative technology that creates ultra-thin layers of human cells in tube-like structures could spur development of lifelike blood vessels and intestines in the lab. Innovative technology that ...

A technique for printing 3D structures from ice could be used to help make artificial veins and arteries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...