Discover the power of hydrogel: researchers at Penn State mimic tissue behaviors using special hydrogels for potential ...

Scientists are exploring that futuristic vision by using special 3-D printers to make living body parts. Called bioprinters, these machines use human cells as “ink.” A standard 3-D printer ...

A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.

New bioprinting development may lead to 3D printed human organs. Northeastern University researchers have designed a new elastic material.

The cell is the structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of an organism that is classified as living, and is often called the building block of life.

"Cell therapy is a living drug that responds to the environment in the body," said lead author Andrew Frisch, graduate student in the Department of Immunology at Pitt's School of Medicine.

In living things, diffusion allows substances to move in and out of cells. It's how red blood cells distribute oxygen through the body. When empty blood cells enter the lungs, which have an ...

For days Cedric has endured walloping doses of chemotherapy and radiation in a last-ditch effort to kill every cancer cell in his body. Such powerful therapy has the dangerous side-effect of ...