3D printed ear with light on the back of a mouse
For the first time a research team manages to print tissues directly inside a body: a 3D printed ear on the back of a mouse could change biomedical engineering.
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The conservation time of a liver to be transplanted has been tripled
A team of scientists has greatly extended the time window in which a liver transplant can be stored while waiting to reach a patient. By modifying a protocol needed to preserve rodent livers, scientists observed results so promising that they were tested on a human liver for transplant. A donor liver had an average "life" of 9 hours, the new method brings this time to 27 hours. A lot more time to organize… Read more
Synthetic blood: in 2024 the first uses
Since 1600 man has been looking for an effective substitute for blood, the most important vehicle of oxygen in our body. Let's retrace all the stages of an infinite journey and the first exciting results available within the next 5 years.
Laboratory-printed human tissues will render many animal tests unnecessary within 5 years
Human tissues made with 3D printers could very soon save millions of lives: those of laboratory rats. More than three hundred million animals are killed every year in scientific laboratories and research centers around the world: they are mostly mice, rats and rabbits which are used to study vaccines and drugs to be tested in subsequent phases on humans: it is a sad (and sometimes necessary) reality that could soon be avoided. At Heriot Watt… Read more
IBM declares war on antibiotic resistant bacteria
IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore have designed a new type of polymer capable of identifying and destroying antibiotic-resistant bacteria and preventing their evolution. The most interesting feature of this nanostructure is that it is biodegradable and does not accumulate in tissues: it can be easily eliminated from the body, unlike previous polymer-based solutions. The material, used as a real 'invisible missile', destroys the cell membranes of bacteria: it has a ... Read more
