transplant
3D printing making progress on building tissue with blood vessels to enable large printed organs
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
A strategy for vascularization of hydrogel constructs that combine advances in 3D printing technology and biomaterials.
Scottish organ donations 'double since 2007'
Posted in Medicine on 10th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
The number of people who donated their organs after death in Scotland has almost doubled over a six-year period, according to government figures.
Human lung made in lab for first time
Posted in Medicine on 15th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
For the first time, scientists have created human lungs in a lab, an exciting step forward in regenerative medicine, but an advance that likely wont help patients for many years.