If you've ever created a snowflake by folding, cutting and unfolding a piece of paper, you've practiced the art of kirigami.

Rice University bioengineer Antonios Mikos will receive the 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award, the highest award of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) ...

Retear and failure to heal are significant post-operative complications in rotator cuff repair surgery despite the use of commercially available rotator cuff repair grafts. Advances in tissue ...

An "out-of-this-world" project has the potential to transform the future of tissue engineering and liver transplantation through innovative research conducted aboard the International Space Station ...

In biomedical technology, tissue engineering for the ex-vivo production of skin or organs is becoming increasingly important. This requires biocompatible microfibers with enclosed microcapsules of ...

Angiogenesis is a process of forming hierarchical vascular networks in living tissues. Its complexity makes the controlled generation of blood vessels in laboratory conditions a highly challenging ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease characterized by progressive cartilage loss and synovial inflammation, for which current therapies are mainly symptomatic and fail to ...

When it comes to the human body, form and function work together. The shape and structure of our hands enable us to hold and manipulate things. Tiny air sacs in our lungs called alveoli allow for air ...

These fields aim to facilitate healing and restore lost function in damaged or diseased tissues and organs by integrating scaffolds, cells, and biological signaling molecules. This combination aims to ...

Organ failure impacts millions of patients each year and costs hundreds of billions of US Dollars. Over the last 30 years, scientists have utilized a combination of tools, methods, and molecules of ...