New 3D printing technique could make lab-grown organs more practicalYou could have healthier parts ready in minutes, not hours.By J. Fingas, 03.08.2021
MIT’s thread-like robot can slip through blood vessels in your brainWe’re one step closer to remote, robotic brain surgery.By C. Fisher, 08.29.2019
Scientists bioprint living tissue in a matter of secondsIt could lead to a new generation of personalized artificial organs.By J. Fingas, 08.24.2019
Scientists create gut gel 'band-aid' made from the body's own bacteriaIt uses E. coli, but the friendly sort.By G. Torbet, 08.12.2019
Bioengineers 3D print complex vascular networksThey'll be essential to 3D-printed organs and replacement tissues.By C. Fisher, 05.02.2019
Self-healing 3D-printed gel has a future in robots and medicine The hydrogel is soft, yet strong and responsive, and it can be formed in LEGO-like blocks.By C. Fisher, 03.22.2019
Sticky hydrogel could revolutionize knee surgeryResearchers created a hydrogel that can carry repair cells for damaged areas. By M. Moon, 11.23.2018
MIT researchers made a living ink that responds to its surroundingsThe 3D-printed, bacteria-loaded gel can be used as a sensor.By M. Locklear, 12.05.2017
Kevlar cartilage could help you recover from joint injuriesIt's as strong as the real thing.By J. Fingas, 11.19.2017
Gel-based robot hand can grab and release fishThis could lead to kinder, gentler surgical robots.By J. Fingas, 02.01.2017
ICYMI: This rock-armored insect could change medicineIron Man has nothing on him. By K. Davis, 08.13.2016
Cotton candy machines help create artificial organsThey're more about saving lives than rotting your teeth.By J. Fingas, 02.10.2016
Researchers grow crops on super thin film, do away with that pesky soil stuffBy T. O'Brien, 08.17.2011