Our bodies are not like LEGO blocks or computers because we cannot swap out our parts in the living room while watching television. Organ transplants and cosmetic surgery are currently our options for ...

Chronic kidney disease poses a significant threat to public health. Renal replacement therapy is the primary treatment option for end-stage kidney disease. However, there is a promising and relatively ...

Urethral strictures pose a significant clinical challenge, impacting millions of individuals worldwide and often requiring complex and invasive treatments. In recent years, there has been growing ...

A transparent and highly refractive cornea is crucial for vision. Refractive errors are the commonest eye disorders and they can be corrected by glasses, contact lenses or through refractive surgery.

Researchers have reported a method for successfully removing the cellular material from whole human livers while retaining the organ's three-dimensional structure and extracellular matrix (ECM) ...

Schematics of the experimental design and objectives in the perfusion decellularization assessment. Decellularization of tissues for regenerative medicine applications, such as cartilage repair, is ...

To help prevent possible complications such as nonunion at large fracture sites, researchers have developed a cartilage matrix that mimics the early stages of repair and provides the essential ...

A study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated a new method of using decellularized ...

Researchers created a tissue-engineered cartilage graft to enlarge narrowed pediatric airways in subglottic stenosis. The ...

Over a period of 52 hours, infusion of a detergent solution removes cells from a rat forelimb, leaving behind the cell-free matrix scaffolding onto which new tissues can be regenerated. For more on ...