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 ...

D printing skin, bone, and even working organs could change transplant medicine and medical research — but how, exactly, does ...

Have you ever wondered why our ears look the way they do? That soft, curved shape we rarely think twice about might actually ...

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 ...

In the depths of your inner ear lies one of biology’s most intricate ... amplifying it and helping it reach the right part of the cochlea.” This energy injection counters friction and loss ...

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?