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Mount Sinai Launches Bioengineered Brain and Heart Models Into Space

Mount Sinai researchers are sending bioengineered human brain and cardiovascular tissue models into space for the first time today, as part of the SpaceX CRS-35 mission, to study brain activity, cardiovascular function, and accelerated aging in orbit.

15 Oct 2026

Engineered Biological Bandages Utilize Human Epicardial Cells for Heart Repair

Researchers have discovered a new cell type that may help regulate blood vessel growth in the heart during development and in response to injury, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine. Working with zebrafish, they found that the new cell type helps stabilize the vascular network that supplies oxygen to growing cardiac muscle.

5 Oct 2026

Engineered 3D miBrains Model Human Neurovascular Units and Pathology

Mount Sinai researchers have identified how APOE4, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, damages the brain's blood vessels and promotes the buildup of abnormal proteins linked to neurodegenerative disease.

26 Sep 2026

3D Stem-Cell miBrains Model Complex Neurovascular Pathology in Human Tissue

25 Sep 2026

MIT Researchers Grow Blood Vessels by Stretching Them

Tissue engineers are developing methods to produce living organs and tissues from cells in order to replace diseased and damaged ones in the body.

15 Jul 2026

Janelia Scientists Develop New Method To Study Blood-Brain Barrier Proteins

Think it was hard to get into Studio 54? Try getting through the blood-brain barrier.

10 Apr 2026

Study Reveals Cellular Blueprint of the Human Liver

Never-before-seen 3D reconstructions of human liver tissue have been created at a cellular level. The details obtained by a team of UW Medicine and University of Washington engineers and physicians capture the spatial microstructure of multiple lobes of this multitasking organ.

24 Feb 2026

Human 3D Model Shows How the Gut Drives Neurodegeneration

Research on a 3D microfluidic model highlights gut-brain interactions, offering new insights into inflammatory processes linked to neurodegenerative diseases.

18 Feb 2026

Plant Cell Duality: Balancing Adaptability in Skin Cells with Stability in Reproductive Cells

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how plants control mutation rates in different stem cells to balance adaptability with safety and stability.

13 Nov 2025

3D Ultrasound That Sees Entire Organ Blood Flow in Real Time

This study presents a multi-lens ultrasound system that offers tenfold higher resolution for whole-organ imaging, improving microvascular network visualization.

6 Nov 2025

Fully Automated 3D Framework Accurately Maps Fruit Microstructure

Applied to apple and pear fruit, the model achieved very high accuracy, outperforming previous 2D approaches and traditional algorithms.

23 Oct 2025

Engineered Base Editor Corrects ACTA2 Mutation in Rare Childhood Disease

Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS) is a rare condition associated with stroke, aortic dissection (tearing) and death in childhood.

13 Sep 2025

Semaphorin 3E Emerges as a Key Factor in Female Reproduction

The discovery of the Sema3E pathway in ovulation by Cornell researchers could enhance understanding of infertility and improve reproductive health strategies.

13 Jun 2025

New Stem Cell Islet Model Mimics Pancreatic Function More Accurately

Researchers led by Maike Sander, Scientific Director of the Max Delbrück Center, have developed a vascularized organoid model of hormone secreting cells in the pancreas.

24 May 2025

Tumour-on-Chip Model Supports Preclinical Drug Development on Pancreatic Cancer

The biotech company Dynamic42, a specialist in organ-on-chip technology, has made a significant advance in pancreatic cancer drug research in collaboration with the research team of Prof. Dr. Nicole Teusch at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

7 Mar 2025

Epigenetic Mechanism Controls Placental Blood Vessel Formation

If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University discovered that the correct development of functioning blood vessels in the mouse placenta is controlled epigenetically: One of the enzymes that modify gene activity using methyl groups is responsible.

16 Jan 2025