Microencapsulation and tissue engineering as an alternative treatment of diabetes
Based on studies tissue engineering coupled with microencapsulation could lead to a new era of diabetes therapy.

Soluble, insoluble and geometric signals sculpt the architecture of mineralized tissues
Bone morphogenetic and osteogenic proteins (BMPs/OPs) are soluble mediators of tissue morphogenesis and induce de novo endochondral bone formation in heterotopic extraskeletal sites as a recapitulation of embryonic development.

Skeletal muscle tissue engineering
This article reviews some of the recent findings resulting from tissue engineering science related to the attempt of creation and regeneration of functional skeletal muscle tissue.

'Immortalized' Cells Enable Researchers To Grow Human Arteries
In a combination of bioengineering and cancer research, a team of Duke University Medical Center researchers has made the first arteries from non-embryonic tissues in the laboratory...

The Plasti-Bone: A Ceramic Polymer Innovation in Medicine
When an arm or a leg bone is severely crushed, physicians usually cannot set it and bone grafts, or amputation has remained the primary option. Mulligan's company has invented a process that may change all that.

Scientists use bioengineering to buy time for ailing hearts
Researchers have successfully used biological engineering to prevent the closing of a key passage between the two large blood vessels leading out of the heart to the body and lungs.

Genetically Engineered Skin Substitute Is Designed to Promote Wound Healing
Bioengineers have created a genetically engineered skin that expresses a protein that promotes wound healing.

Body Building: Tissue Engineered Organs A Heartbeat Away
Researchers have initiated an international research project focused on creating a tissue-engineered heart, suitable for transplant within 10 years.

Engineers Aim To Mend Broken Hearts
Engineers report creating a small swatch of heart tissue that displays many of the hallmarks of mature cardiac tissue, including regular contractions.

Growing your own spare parts
NASA assists ligament replacement research...

University Of Illinois At Chicago Researchers Create Lifelike Cardiac Tissue
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University Medical Center are growing lifelike cardiac tissue for possible use in the scaffolding and repair of damaged heart cells.

Mechanical 'Artificial Hearts' Can Remove Need For Heart Transplant By Returning Heart To Normal
Mechanical 'artificial hearts' can be used to return severely failing hearts to their normal function, potentially removing the need for heart transplantation, according to new research.

Engineered virus provides impetus in search for HIV vaccine
A hybrid gene therapy vector that contains components of two viruses could provide a vehicle for producing a vaccine against a host of diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus, said researchers

Medical/Bioengineering Researchers Show Titanium Debris Sabotage Artificial Joints
Microscopic titanium particles weaken the bonding of hip, knee, and other joint replacements, according to research

Bioengineering of Surface GD3 Ganglioside for Immunotargeting Human Melanoma Cells
GD3Bu-specific antibodies became potent cytotoxic reagents against Bu-SK-MEL-28 cells when GD3Bu molecules were incorporated, according to this study...

Bioengineered Teeth from Cultured Rat Tooth Bud Cells
The authors were able to demonstrate the successful bioengineering of mature tooth structures from single-cell suspensions of cultured rat tooth bud cells in this study...

A bubble-driven microfluidic transport element for bioengineering
The authors demonstrated the principle of doublet streaming and described the ensuing transport in this article.

Tissue engineering, stem cells, cloning, and parthenogenesis: new paradigms for therapy
The present article reviews recent progress in tissue engineering and describes applications of these new technologies that may offer novel therapies for patients with end-stage organ failure.

Development of a Small, Implantable Right Ventricular Assist Device
This article describes the initial phase of this program(i.e. to design, develop and clinically evaluate RVAD), including the pump design and in vitro test results.

A completely biological tissue-engineered human blood vessel
In this report, the feasibility of producing a completely biological TEBV exclusively from human cells was established.