The 2021 3D Printing Industry Awards shortlists are open for voting, have your say now. Scientists from the Nakayama Lab at Saga University and Kyoto University in Japan have fabricated…
Essential step forward taken in pre-clinical testing of 3D bioprinted tissue
3D bioprinting is gradually proving its efficacy to create functional, replacement tissues for the body. At present though it has only be proven in small animal models. If the technology is ever to re…
Indiana University awarded $9 million for 3D bioprinted organ research
Dr. Burcin Ekser and his research team at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) have been awarded $9 million to further their 3D bioprinting research for the development of transplantable organ…
Kyushu University demonstrates 3D bioprinted liver bud implant
The field of regenerative medicine holds the promise of creating more effective treatment for damaged organ and tissues by activating the body’s natural repair system. Researchers around the glo…
Japanese researchers 3D print scaffold-free ‘human mini-liver’
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have successfully 3D bioprinted a scaffold-free human ‘mini-liver’. According to the research team, they were able to “construct a small port…
Researchers in Kyoto pin-down 3D printed regenerative nerve tissue
Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have successfully implanted 3D printed cells into the thighs of lab rats. The 3D bioprinting used is the Kenzan method, where cells are placed onto an arrangem…