An interdisciplinary team of engineers and chemists at Penn State has laid the groundwork for 3D printing spheroids—tiny ...

Researchers have developed a bioprinting technique to regenerate bone tissue, spurring bone growth and vascularization.

RevBio, Inc., has published peer reviewed results of a study in NPJ Microgravity, an open-access journal from the Nature ...

Bioreactor systems in bone tissue engineering are designed to emulate the physiological and mechanical environment of developing bone. Through controlled provision of nutrients, oxygen, biochemical ...

Eggshells, which are primarily composed of a form of calcium called calcium carbonate, are used in a wide range of applications – from a supplement in chicken feed to natural pest control for the ...

No bones about it — tiny shreds of plastic can cause big problems for health. These minute shards that slough off larger plastic have been shown to harm reproductive, digestive and respiratory health, ...

Most people assume their bones are fixed scaffolding. In fact bone is living tissue that responds to training much like ...

A pilot study from North Carolina State University shows that nanoscopic 3D imaging of ancient bone not only provides further insight into the changes soft tissues undergo during fossilization, it ...

Each year, doctors treat more than 6 million bone fractures in the United States. And while it takes only a few seconds for a bone to break, the processes that keep your bones strong and allow them to ...

Rhabdomyosarcomas are a rare form of cancer; however, the disease is responsible for about 60% of all soft-tissue sarcomas in ...

Five geckos flew on a 16-day space mission without food or water. This experiment tested reptiles as models for microgravity ...