What if doctors could just print a kidney, using cells from the patient, instead of having to find a donor match and hope the patient's body doesn't reject the transplanted kidney? The soonest that ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The technology is still years away, but researchers believe they are on the right track for a major breakthrough with organ transplants. Instead of taking organs from donors, ...

3D Systems is well-positioned to capitalize on the growing bioprinting industry, particularly in the field of 3D organ printing. The company's financials show significant challenges, including ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- The science of helping people re-grow body parts is becoming more real than ever, and it's the subject of a conference happening right now in Berkeley. It's not all about ...

While most everyone agrees that replacement body parts fabricated with living cells in 3D-printed structures will one day be a reality, the conventional wisdom is that it's many, many years away. The ...

It’s pretty wild how much 3D printing is changing things in hospitals and doctor’s offices these days. What used to be ...

A plump piece of farm-fresh chicken leg rested on a pristine surface at Harvard Medical School. Skin on and bone in, it was precisely sliced to barely crack the bone. A robot arm swerved over, scanned ...

3D printing has been around for much longer than you might think; almost 40 years in fact. But it's only recently that the ...

(WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.) — Given the shortage of organs and tissues available for transplant, the quest for artificial tissues and organs is an important one. The limits previously have been problems in ...