Ops revolutionised by 3D heart models, surgeon says

Children's cardiac surgery has been revolutionised by the development of 3D-printed models of patients' hearts, a leading ...

3D bioprinting advances enable creation of artificial blood vessels with layered structures

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...
BioTechniques

Step aside 3D printing, there’s a new technique for biofabricating a heart

The first biohybrid model of human ventricles has been used to answer a centuries-old question. Unlike other organs, the heart cannot repair itself after injury, so being able to engineer an entire ...
Engadget

Creating the first 3D map of the heart's 'brain'

Our hearts are primarily controlled by the brain and autonomic nervous system, but we also have a backup. The heart has its own mini-brain called the intracardiac nervous system (ICN), which fine ...