Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” ...

Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating ...

Funding will accelerate preclinical validation of biofabricated tissue implants for soft tissue repair, wound healing and ...

A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study from Case Western ...

Scientists at UCSF invented a microscopic “womb” material for growing artificial organs (organoids) from scratch.

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Lab-grown organs are a long-time 'holy grail' of organ engineering that has yet to be achieved, but new research has brought that goal a big step closer to reality using a new 3D-printing method ...

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For decades, lab-grown cells have been studied in materials that don't reflect the softness and flexibility of human tissue.