A multidisciplinary team have built hydrogels built entirely from synthetic peptides so their properties can be precisely ...

Optical phantoms and tissue-mimicking materials have emerged as essential tools in the validation, calibration and optimisation of biomedical imaging systems. By replicating the optical and sometimes ...

Norwegian startup ClexBio is bioengineering human veins to implant inside a patient’s body. Together with CSEM, a Swiss R&D centre, the company has built a prototype bioreactor to grow the veins.

Women recovering from mastectomies may soon have more lifelike options for breast reconstruction surgery, thanks to 3D-printing technology under development at the University of Maryland, College Park ...

A research team from the University of Ottawa has engineered a customizable biomaterial offering game changing potential for future biomedical ...

Miami University’s Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology research cluster leverages interdisciplinary collaboration to solve critical health and clinical challenges. Research spans from tissue ...

Corneal transplantation using donor tissue is currently the primary treatment for corneal endothelial insufficiency. Despite the potential for vision restoration through corneal transplantation, there ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Research by University at Buffalo biomedical engineers Ruogang Zhao and Yun Wu may help discover new drugs to treat pulmonary fibrosis, a severe lung disease that can be life ...

Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully ...

As aging populations and rising diabetes rates drive an increase in chronic wounds, more patients face the risk of amputations. UC Riverside researchers have developed an oxygen-delivering gel capable ...

A study co-led by University of Texas at Dallas bioengineers identified a distinctive feature of tissues from young patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a disease that typically affects older ...