It’s not surprising that many people fear the dentist. Replacing a tooth often requires invasive surgery and implanting a titanium screw into a patient’s jawbone, then waiting months for that to ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have found an unlikely new material for growing tissue: Seaweed. The ocean plant, best known for wrapping sushi or floating along the shore, may ...
In recent years, there have been tremendous advances in tissue engineering, the field of biomaterials research and development that combines living cells with 3D microstructures and biologically ...
There are several parallel projects running across the world to save the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), one of Africa’s captivating and iconic wildlife species. With the death ...
Tooth loss affects millions around the world, caused by decay, gum disease, injuries, and some diseases. Missing teeth do more than make it hard to chew or talk. They also impact appearance and ...
In a story ripped from the opening scenes of a sci-fi horror movie, scientists have bridged a critical gap between the biological and electronic. The study, published in Nature Electronics (summarized ...
Graduate student Arjun Ojha Kshetry and colleagues combined two key genes: WIND1, which reprograms cells near a wound, and ...
The Vascular Tissue Challenge is part of NASA's Centennial Challenges program in the Space Technology Mission Directorate. The Methuselah Foundation's New Organ Alliance organized the competition for ...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the laboratories of researchers at the University of Chicago who are working to improve our ...
As a teenager, Nanette Boyle competed in national meat-judging competitions with the National FFA Organization, once known as the Future Farmers of America. Now a chemical engineer at the Colorado ...
Research groups around the world are working to find ways to implant or grow real biological teeth in a human jaw.