heart transplant
Daring AM: Stanford’s $26.3M Venture to Bioprint and Implant a Human Heart into a Pig
Stanford University, fueled by a $26.3 million federal contract, is gearing up to bioprint a human heart and implant it into a pig. The researchers behind this effort have already…
BIOLIFE4D Successfully 3D Prints Human Heart Tissue Ahead of Schedule
According to the American Heart Association, heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, refers to a variety of different problems that affect that heart, many of which are connected to…
BIOLIFE4D Hopes to Raise $50M to Develop 3D Printed Transplantable Hearts
In 1967, in Cape Town, South Africa, a surgeon named Dr. Christiaan Barnard successfully transplanted the heart of a 25-year-old woman who had died in a car accident into the…
Wyss Institute Researchers Continue to Advance Organ Engineering Through 3D Bioprinting
An organ transplant is a pretty miraculous procedure on its own, and its development and continuing improvement has enormously benefited its recipients. More than 30,000 people receive transplants each year…
