A groundbreaking biodegradable heart patch promises to repair damaged heart muscle by merging with tissue and dissolving ...

A common trope in science fiction, especially cyberpunk fiction, involves custom-grown replacement organs based on the recipient's own flesh. We're not there yet as a species—and in fact still a good ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

University of Minnesota researchers develop a 3D printing technique for realistic human tissue models for surgical training.

A team has developed a new way to 3D print material that is at once elastic enough to withstand a heart's persistent beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints, and easily ...

What makes a body’s organs into what they are is more than just a grouping of specialized cells. They also need to be oriented and attached to each other and scaffolding in order to create structures ...

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...

Andy Altman covered all things science and tech. He led production on CNET's award-winning limited documentary series Hacking the Apocalypse. He also created and co-hosted our video series What the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 3-D printing could change the lives of heart patients after a company based in Chicago announced they've created a mini-heart made with a 3D printer. "We are recreating the ...

At 3 weeks old, Samantha underwent the first of four surgeries for congenital single-ventricle heart disease. She had been diagnosed before birth with the rare birth defect that left only half of her ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering have created 3D-printed simulated skin that bleeds and stretches much like ...