A new computational framework could help researchers design granular hydrogels to repair or replace diseased tissues.

A biomedical engineer explains how human-made materials inserted in the body hold hope to repair painful injuries more efficiently than bone grafts.

A platform called bio-thermal scanning probe lithography (bio-tSPL), takes a "photograph" of the bone tissue, and then uses the photograph to produce a replica of it.

MIT researchers pinpoint mechanism and demonstrate that drugs could help.

Chemical process called ELAST allows labeling probes to infuse more quickly, and makes samples tough enough for repeated handling.

A "bio-ink" for 3D-printed materials could serve as scaffolds for growing human tissues to repair or replace damaged ones in the body, say bioengineers.

Synthetic cell scaffolds that let scientists test cancer cell growth in different environments could be a way to replace animal testing in cancer research.

Bioengineers are using grooves to seed sophisticated, 3D-printed tissue-engineering scaffolds with living cells to help heal injuries.

Device developed within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has the potential to replace damaged organs with lab-grown ones.