Five years from now, regenerative medicine researchers across the U.S. say they hope to reach a milestone that will move organ transplantation forward: a kidney transplant printed from a patient’s own ...

You can already buy 3D-printed houses, cars, rocket engines, sneakers, and, of course, sex robots. But can I interest you in a 3D-printed kidney? It’s an offer that Vital3D plans to make a reality.

Progress towards 3D-printed organs has been slow due to challenges like vascularization and cell viability. 3D bioprinting has successfully implanted hollow organs like tracheas and bladders, but ...

Scientists at Tsinghua University have developed a method to grow kidney tumours in the lab using cells from real patients, offering a potential new tool in the fight against renal cancer. Their ...

A US team of bioengineers have developed a new method of printing kidney tissue using a combination of a patient’s own cells ...