Human organs could be bioprinted for transplants within 10 years, according to Lithuanian startup Vital3D. But before reaching human hearts and kidneys, the company is starting with something simpler: ...

The following text is an AI-generated, expert-checked summary of a key research study cited in a feature article from Scientific American’s May 2023 issue: Synthetic Morphology Lets Scientists Create ...

Miniature organs have a new lifeline. Mimicking the way early human embryos grow blood vessels, scientists nudged multiple types of mini organs to sprout their own vascular networks. Also called ...

In a first, researchers in China have used pigs to grow early-stage kidneys made up of mostly human cells. The advance is a step closer to producing organs in animals that could one day be ...

A frequently reported fact in the drug discovery and development industry is that approximately 90 % of drug candidates reaching clinical trials fail, with even higher amounts discarded before ...

Researchers have found that growing human intestine-like spheroids in suspension and transferring them to a bioreactor for maturation results in the generation of differentiated human intestinal ...