Biomedical engineers have developed a silk-based, ultrathin membrane that can be used in organ-on-a-chip models to better mimic the natural environment of cells and tissues within the body. When used ...

During the early stages of life, organs do not just appear in their final form. They take shape through a process of controlled bending, twisting, and folding. These changes help cells organize into ...

Oregon Health & Science University is getting a major boost in its effort to better understand and eventually treat some of ...

In patients developing end-stage liver disease, the damage has become too severe for the liver's normally extraordinary ...

Lab-grown organs are a long-time 'holy grail' of organ engineering that has yet to be achieved, but new research has brought that goal a big step closer to reality using a new 3D-printing method ...

A microscopic view of Kupffer’s vesicle (KV), a tiny, fluid-filled, balloon-shaped structure in zebrafish embryos that plays a crucial role in establishing body symmetry and guiding the placement of ...

When people sign up to be organ donors, they often think about hearts, lungs and kidneys. But there’s another part of that decision that can quietly change — and even save — many more lives: tissue ...

Research led by Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University in China has performed a metadata investigation into the presence of microplastics in humans. They report a concerning relationship between ...

Chapel Hill nonprofit HonorBridge has provided hundreds of tissue donations to people in North Carolina and Virginia, like bones and ligaments.

In conjunction with the observance of National Donate Life Month, Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon, D-119 joined her ...