University of Minnesota researchers are using 3D printers to produce "realistic human tissue" for use in medical training. Why it matters: Practicing surgical techniques and other procedures on (close ...

Budding surgeons may soon train on stretchy, lifelike 3D-printed skin that oozes out blood and pus when cut.

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

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

Other breakthroughs in medical tech have the potential to make key treatments more accessible, such as a low-cost nebulizer ...

A 3D printable bio-active glass could be used to repair bone damage and help them grow back, a study suggests. The newly ...

Swedish researchers have developed two types of 3D bioprinting technology to artificially generate skin containing blood ...

A team of engineers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has developed a tiny, flexible robotic arm that's designed to 3D print material directly on the surface of organs inside ...

We’ve come a long way from the Vacanti mouse. Back in the mid-90s, Charles Vacanti and other researchers experimented with cartilage regeneration and, with the help of a biodegradable mold and bovine ...

Redwire Space’s BioFabrication Facility, or BFF, a 3D bioprinter capable of printing human tissue. The project, sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, will pave the way for in-space bioprinting of ...

We’ve seen a few makers 3D scan themselves, and use those to print their own action figures or statuettes. Some have gone so far as building life-sized statues composed of many 3D printed parts. [Ivan ...