Unique new material developed at University of Limerick in Ireland has shown significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury. Brand new research conducted at UL's Bernal Institute – ...

Spinal cord injuries can be life-changing and alter many important neurological functions. Unfortunately, clinicians have relatively few tools to help patients regain lost functions. In APL ...

Surgeons routinely harvest fragments from a healthy part of a patient’s skeleton to repair wrecked bones elsewhere. This surgical step causes pain and expense that some researchers aim to eliminate by ...

"Reverse" 3D printing used to produce bone-repairing scaffold implants By Ben Coxworth May 26, 2021 A three-dimensional scaffold of a human ear, printed via the new technology RMIT University View 2 ...

Researchers have unveiled a new 3D‑printable material that can be stretched, sutured, and implanted, edging artificial organs ...

Biomedical research often requires the use of biological models, and rodents are a common choice for many investigators. But researchers may have just made it easier for investigators to switch to an ...

In the field of regenerative medicine, one of the current areas of interest involves the use of scaffolding-like materials that a patient's own cells can be "seeded" onto. As the cells grow and ...

For urban dwellers around the world, scaffolding is an omnipresent component of the built environment. In New York City, there are an estimated 280 miles of scaffolding on any given day. These ...