RCPatch Being Implanted into Pig’s Heart For Testing Purposes Image by Soft Robotics LabETH Zurich website. A groundbreaking biodegradable heart patch, developed by researchers at ETH Zurich and the ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion show scientists 3D printing a human heart for the first time. This matters because it ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel reported this week that they have “printed” the world’s first 3D vascularized engineered heart using a patient’s own cells and biological materials.

There's been a potential breakthrough in making organs in the lab. Israeli researchers have 3D printed a heart, complete with muscle and blood vessels. But how long before it is ready for actual use?

This synthetic heart saved an infant’s life. Because thanks to 3D printing, it’s a nearly perfect replica of the “baby’s tiny little heart.” Receiving treatment for Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) at ...

There’s a national shortage of donor organs in the United States — a terrifying predicament for the hundreds of thousands of patients on transplant waiting lists. But a new technology has the chance ...

Researchers have 3D-printed a heart using a patient’s cells, providing hope that the technique could be used to heal hearts or engineer new ones for transplants. “This is the first time anyone ...

Did we just take one step closer to immortality? That might sound like a bit of a stretch, but consider how many deaths are heart-related. Now, imagine if you had a heart that could effectively live ...

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