When it comes to repairing human bodies ... or nerves. Thus, ear reconstruction is perhaps a perfect starting point for creating new body parts from scratch. Lessons learned in this project ...

Related: 10 body parts that are useless in humans (or maybe not) Although the auricular muscles of modern humans are small and weak, in our distant ancestors, these muscles likely moved the ears ...

We detect sounds because inside our ears we have parts that work together to turn sound waves into a signal that is sent to our brain. The eardrum then starts vibrating and these vibrations are ...

To create an ear, the printer lays down a pliable ... anatomy that can’t be made in this way? Printing at least parts of the human heart should be possible, Atala says. What about the brain?