Granular Hydrogels for Improved Bioinks. Researchers at Penn State have developed a granular hydrogel that contains both hydrogel microparticles and self-assembling nanoparticles, and which could be highly suited for... https://t.co/i2hORujrCu #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
First Native Woman to Lead NASA Mission Eager to Bioprint aboard ISS. NASA is preparing for SpaceX’s fifth astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled to launch this fall from NASA’s Kennedy Space... https://t.co/cBMVhpl25q #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Inside the race to make human sex cells in the lab. The way we make babies could be about to change. Maybe. An embryo forms when sperm meets egg. But what if we could start with other cells—if a blood sample or skin biopsy... https://t.co/xIeigBJClh #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Tiny device models leukemia’s growth in bone marrow. A new microchip-like device can reliably model changes in the bone marrow as leukemia takes root and spreads, data show. Ben Frisch, assistant professor of pathology and... https://t.co/EyC3NzAI0z #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Aussie uni develops new 3D printing solution for stem cell manufacturing. Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, have developed a 3D printed system for harvesting stem cells from bioreactors.... https://t.co/ZjGzEd294N #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Landmark Transplant Turns 3D Bioprinting on Its Ear. More than a quarter-century after scientists first grew a humanlike ear on the back of a mouse, surgeons in San Antonio have successfully used a 3D printer to reconstruct... https://t.co/Znbvlr4yxH #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Bioprinted Ear Transplants in Clinical Trials with 3DBio. Affecting one to five of every 100,000 children born, Microtia is a condition in which an individual has an undeveloped ear or no external ear features at all.... https://t.co/4sbwcRhCHx #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Microfluidics-assisted synthesis of stimuli-responsive chitosan microgels for drug delivery applications. Droplet microfluidics provide a robust platform to synthesize and functionalize micro- and nanoparticles in a range of... https://t.co/InLKrPYJoA #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
COMPETITION: Biochemical Society Science Communication Prize 2022. Each year the Biochemical Society has looked to identify and celebrate outstanding science communicators with an annual Science Communication Prize. In 2022,... https://t.co/hVRbrkf5wD #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Satellite Bio lifts off with $110M to fuel development of its implantable tissue therapies. Satellite Bio has told mission control it’s ready for launch, blasting out of stealth mode with $110M in seed and series A funding... https://t.co/KOce9FifXg #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
COMPETITION: IChemE Global Awards 2022. The IChemE Global Awards celebrate chemical, process and biochemical engineering excellence and are widely considered as the world’s most prestigious chemical engineering awards. Now... https://t.co/Dn5R5qi14n #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Bioprinting Advances Thanks to New Medical Print Head. Finnish bioprinting startup, Brinter, known for its Brinter One modular system for printing multimaterial and highly complex tissue structures in 3D, is debuting the new... https://t.co/xapn9OHoZg #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Light-Based Tissue Bioprinting Method Cuts Reliance on Animals. A light-based 3D bioprinting technique could soon be used to produce tissue models for testing and basic research. The approach is poised to reduce reliance on... https://t.co/69kPACIq3P #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Piezoelectric Scaffold Boosts Cartilage Regeneration. A team of researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a biomaterial scaffold that generates small amounts of electricity when compressed. The... https://t.co/Q9TTX2J0ro #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Going bald? Lab-grown hair cells could be on the way. Biologists at several startups are applying the latest advances in genetic engineering to the age-old problem of baldness, by creating new hair-forming cells that could... https://t.co/VG1SnjpGmN #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Innovative silicon nanochip can reprogram biological tissue in living body. A silicon device that can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells has advanced from prototype to standardized fabrication, meaning it... https://t.co/m3rac7WG2V #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Bioprinting Breakthrough: Bioprinter for Implantable Tissues Installed in French Hospital. A French hospital installed a bioprinter to manufacture biological tissues for transplantation in humans. This quantum leap in... https://t.co/giT2dYp6jG #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Is This Petri Dish Looking At Me? One of the more significant advances in understanding human organs and cell biology is the ability to grow miniature versions of human organs in a cell culture. These are called organoids... https://t.co/erJrOK08Ju #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins
Laser-Assisted Bioprinting of Neurons. A team at Concordia University in Montreal have developed a technique called Laser-Induced Side Transfer (LIST) that allows for bioprinting of neurons. Low energy laser pulses are... https://t.co/UAB4xuRS0G #TissueEng#YoE#Bio#ENGins