Sebastien Uzel Archives - 3D Printing Industry

The original SWIFT method (left) printed hollow channels through living OBBs (green), but had no structure to contain fluid as it flowed through. Co-SWIFT (right) creates a cell-laden vessel (red) surrounding the channel, which isolates blood flow from the tissue and improves their viability. Image via Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

Harvard’s latest medical innovation advances 3D printed blood vessels

Nominations for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards are now open. Tell us who is leading. Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the John A. Paulson Sc…

Bioprinting long cardiac macrofilaments to measure the macropillar deflections caused by the contractile heart muscle layer. Image via Harvard University.

Harvard scientists 3D print multi-layer functional heart tissue

Researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have developed a suite of new heart engineering technologies that have enabled them to mimic the alignment of a human heart’s contractile elements.…