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New research has more than tripled the amount of time human livers can be stored for transplantation. Scientists have modified a previous protocol to extend the viability of rat livers and successfully applied it to human livers.

Bioengineers used bone engineered in a 3D-printed mold and grown alongside the ribs of sheep to successfully replace a portion of the animals’ jaw bones.

Bioengineers have developed a 3D printing technique that creates the interacting networks for transport of air, blood, and other bodily fluids—a major step toward 3D printed replacement organs.

NIBIB-funded researchers have designed a new class of 2D nanomaterials that are disc-shaped and flat on the surface, to aid in treatments for cartilage repair.

NIBIB-funded researchers created a new 3D bioprinted tumor model in a laboratory dish to screen anticancer drugs and study the spread of cancer.

NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a 3D-printed scaffold coated in aggrecan, a native cartilage component, to improve the regeneration of cartilage tissue in joints.

More than one-and-a-half years after implantation, researchers report that human neural stem cells (NSCs) grafted into spinal cord injuries in laboratory rats displayed continued growth and maturity, with functional recovery beginning one year after grafting. Read more at UC San Diego Health Newsroom.

A process using human stem cells can generate the cells that cover the external surface of a human heart.

A new technique discovered for generating rapidly-differentiating human neural stem cells for use in a variety of tissue engineering applications.

A new biomaterial can be used to study how and when stem cells sense the mechanics of their surrounding environment.