Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. It looks ...

Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in how surgeons and physicians can practice for heart surgeries and study other conditions by achieving the first full-size 3D-printed biomodel of the ...

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

A common trope in science fiction, especially cyberpunk fiction, involves custom-grown replacement organs based on the recipient's own flesh. We're not there yet as a species—and in fact still a good ...

If you were planning to perform open-heart surgery on someone, it would definitely help if you could first do a "dry run" on an exact replica of their heart. Doing so may soon be possible, thanks to a ...

In the intro to the HBO sci-fi series Westworld, a 3D printer churns out humanoid robots, delicately assembling the incredible complexities of the human form so that those robots can go on to—spoiler ...

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have 3D printed a functioning centimeter-scale human heart pump in the lab. The discovery could have major implications for studying heart disease, the ...

Dr. William Liou (right) and Dr. Vishal Gupta (left) with a 3D model of a heart. Thanks to innovative work by one of WMU’s mechanical engineering professors, surgery to repair a hole in the heart ...

Researchers have developed a way to 3D print a full-size model of a patient’s heart. Produced at Carnegie Mellon University by Professor Adam Feinberg and his team in the Departments of Biomedical ...

We’ve come a long way from the Vacanti mouse. Back in the mid-90s, Charles Vacanti and other researchers experimented with cartilage regeneration and, with the help of a biodegradable mold and bovine ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The University of Minnesota has announced what they're calling a "groundbreaking" new study Wednesday that allows researchers to 3D print a functioning centimeter-scale human ...