Biomedical engineering

Fiction becomes reality as scientists plan to grow human organs inside pigs

New software couples computer programming with cell function using the ultimate coding language: DNA

Azad Shademan and Ryan Decker during supervised autonomous in vivo bowel anastomosis.

BioPen could allow surgeons to “draw” live cells onto damaged bone

Neural implants and smart software give a paralyzed patient the gift of movement

A new type of dressing can promote healing and fight off infection in burn wounds

Developing a dengue vaccine has been like a 20-year game of Snakes and Ladders – but in this game, there are four billion winners, as the prize could help protect half the world’s population.

In some ways, we biomedical engineers are really just control freaks. By designing our own small world in a dish, we can stage manage every aspect and push the boundaries in a way that’s not always possible in an animal model.

Now I have a lab of my own, I’ve found that the best research comes from finding the right collaborators.

Could the lab rat be heading for retirement? A new breed of in vitro tissues and organs are being engineered to replace animal models – and the developers aim to make them accessible to all.