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Using similar technology to 3D printing, bioprinting uses a digital file as a blueprint to fabricate biomedical parts that closely imitate the characteristics of natural tissue. The engineered tissues are created by layering biomaterials and/or living cells, which are referred to collectively as bio-inks. Image Credit: Crevis / Shutterstock.com Bio-inks must possess certain physicochemical properties […]
An international research team led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first time the importance of a small gland tucked behind the sternum that works to prevent miscarriage and diabetes in pregnant women. The organ in question is the thymus, identified in a study published today in the journal Nature […]
Moving TV advert encourages families to talk about organ donation this Christmas before the law changes to make EVERY adult a donor next year The advert shows a woman pass a balloon to a patient at a hospital window It symbolises giving away her heart to someone on the donor waiting list A law change […]
Too often, it’s only after a transplanted organ has sustained serious damage that a biopsy reveals the organ is in rejection. A new screening method using sensor particles and a urine test could catch rejection much earlier, more comprehensively, and without a biopsy needle. When the body’s immune system has just begun attacking cells of […]
Organ transplantation relies on the generosity of a person to volunteer their organs for donation after death, or the generosity of the family to gift or donate the organs of their deceased relative. But last year, the organs of just 510 deceased donors were transplanted into Australian recipients. This amounts to 20.7 donations per million […]