For those who are suffering from disease or traumatic injuries, receiving an organ transplant can be the difference between life and death. But the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports ...

Scientists have created paper-like biomaterials from organs such as the ovaries, uterus, heart, liver and muscle that are thin and flexible enough to fold into origami birds and other structures.

LOWELL, Mass. - Origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and figures - dates back to the sixth century. At UMass Lowell, it is inspiring researchers as they develop a 21st century ...

Scientists are making use of discarded animal organs by turning them into origami – but it’s more than just an art project. A team of researchers at Northwestern University created the paper cranes to ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists and engineers have invented a range of bioactive “tissue papers” made of materials derived from organs that are thin and flexible enough to even fold into an origami ...

A special organic paper that helps repair and rebuild tissue, muscle, and organs? After a small accidental spill in the research lab, scientists developed a biologic product that may someday soon help ...

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

In this study, we present a method for assembling biofunctionalized paper into a multiform structured scaffold system for reliable tissue regeneration using an ...

The ancient Japanese art of origami is useful for making more than just pretty paper cranes and owls. In the future, the practice may be used to produce new human organs–an alternative to the 3-D ...

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