Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Budding surgeons may soon train on stretchy, lifelike 3D-printed ...

When 75-year-old grandfather Dave Richards began a bike ride with friends in July 2021, he expected nothing more than a ...

Fat tissue holds the key to 3D printing layered living skin and potentially hair follicles, according to researchers who recently harnessed fat cells and supporting structures from clinically procured ...

Dave Richards, 75, was "lucky to survive" the devastating car crash, but he was left with full thickness burns to his face.

Concept of bioprinting of tissues and organs. Human ear and nose ready for transplantation to the patient. 3D illustration. This story is part 11 of an occasional series on the current progression in ...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Tokyo, Harvard University, and the International Research Center for Neurointelligence have unveiled a technique for creating lifelike robotic skin ...

While bioengineered skin holds great promise for people such as burn victims, the material has so far only been produced in flat sheets. Now, however, scientists have devised a method of growing it in ...

Fabrication of a double-layered skin model using human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and an immortal human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaTs). (Courtesy: Biofabrication 10.1088/1758-5090/ac2ef8) Skin is the ...

While we're making progress in phasing out animal testing in the cosmetics industry around the world, there's still a ways to go in terms of regulatory measures (some 35 US states still allow it), ...