Tissue Engineering

Immunofluorescence staining of a 3-D bioprinted tubule. The magnified cross-section illustrates that the two different cell types form luminal perfusable structures in their respective channels.

A step closer to tissue-engineered kidneys

3-D bioprinted, vascularized proximal tubules mimic the human organ’s reabsorption functions

Science|

DateMarch 8, 2019April 26, 2019

Mammary epithelial tissue structures undergo characteristic changes as tumors progress from benign to invasive. These human breast cancer tissue samples illustrate the difference. The scale bar is 50 microns.

A malignant ‘switch’ in breast cancer

Engineers and biologists explain how tissue stiffness can contribute to invasive carcinoma

Health|

DateJune 16, 2014

Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holds hundreds of patents and has launched several startup companies based on his work, a strategy he said is aimed at moving discoveries to patients as quickly as possible.

A lab focused on healing

Langer of MIT shares hopes for bioengineering in Radcliffe talk

Science|

DateFebruary 3, 2014

A still of the artificial jellyfish "swimming" in container of ocean-like salt water. Note: the color and contrast of the artificial jellyfish has been digitally enhanced to make it easier to view. Image courtesy of Harvard University and Caltech

Artificial jellyfish swims in a heartbeat

Researchers create moving model, using silicone polymer, heart muscle cells

Health|

DateJuly 22, 2012February 13, 2018

$Donald E. Ingber’s most recent innovation is a technology for building a tiny, complex, three-dimensional model of the human lung. This breathing “lung-on-a-chip” mimics complicated human functions, providing critical information for diagnostic and therapeutic applications more reliably and at a fraction of the cost associated with traditional drug-testing methods.$

AIMBE inducts Ingber to College of Fellows

Wyss Institute founding director honored for pioneering efforts

News|

DateFebruary 8, 2011May 3, 2019

“We’ve overengineered this war,” said Kit Parker, the Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Applied Science, who served in Afghanistan in 2002-03 and in 2009.

Lessons from Afghanistan

After two tours, professor offers 'ground-truth' description of war

World|

DateNovember 30, 2009

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Arts

Portrait of the documentarian as a young man