Pioneering techniques aiming to recreate human bone for replacement and repair will be showcased at the Royal Society's annual Summer Science Exhibition which opens to the public today.
Jul 3, 2013
0
1
For every person in the world who receives a cornea transplant, there are 69 others who still need one. That leaves about 12.5m people with limited sight because there aren't enough eye donors. But what if we could grow new ...
Feb 11, 2019
0
1
Bone injury is common in clinics, and critical-sized bone defects cannot be self-healed. The "gold standard" of clinical treatments for such defects is still dependent on the transplantation of autologous/allogeneic or artificial ...
Oct 11, 2022
0
20
With a 3-D printer, a petri dish and some cells from a cow, Princeton University researchers are growing synthetic ears that can receive—and transmit—sound.
Jul 3, 2013
0
0
During the pandemic, many college professors abandoned assignments from printed textbooks and turned instead to digital texts or multimedia coursework.
May 3, 2021
0
12
As the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continues to rise across the U.S., addressing the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers has become increasingly urgent. Institutions and ...
Mar 27, 2020
0
1
For many cancer patients, going through radiation therapy can be an incredibly stressful and time-consuming process. Dalhousie's Dr. James Robar wants to change that by providing health practitioners with an in-house tool ...
Nov 8, 2017
0
1
Orthopaedic surgeons can now get their hands on the bones of patients before they reach the operating table – with the help of 3-D printing.
Oct 25, 2018
0
5
Formerly conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald have transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation nine weeks after being separated.
Dec 15, 2016
0
0
Research into 3-D bioprinting has grown rapidly in recent years as scientists seek to re-create the structure and function of complex biological systems from human tissues to entire organs.
Feb 16, 2021
0
82
