Tissue engineering of heart valves represents a transformative approach to addressing the limitations of conventional prostheses, which are often associated with thrombosis, calcification, and lack of ...

Jianyi "Jay" Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., brought his biomedical engineering expertise to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to fix hearts. His dream -- and the dream of other heart experts at major ...

Structural alignment in fibrous tissues like myocardium and tendons is a key biomarker of physiological integrity and ...

Researchers at the University of Melbourne have unveiled a promising advancement in the realm of medical science: a fast, affordable, and scalable technique for engineering blood vessels using natural ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. VistaGen Therapeutics, a biotechnology company applying stem cell technology for drug rescue, predictive ...

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and collaborating institutions have developed a non-invasive approach to manipulate cardiac tissue activity by using light to stimulate an innovative ink ...

Tissue engineering is a burgeoning academic field, however, the clinical and therapeutic promise of tissue and organ replacement has remained largely unrealized. With the possible exceptions of skin, ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in ...

An enduring challenge for bioengineering researchers is the failure of the heart to regenerate muscle tissue after a heart attack has killed part of its muscle wall. That dead tissue can strain the ...

You can mend a broken heart this valentine s day now that researchers invented a new hydrogel that can be used to heal damaged heart tissue and improve cancer treatments. You can mend a broken heart ...