IDIBELL researchers generate heart tissue by 3D bioprinting for the first time

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

1 year ago
RegenBell, 3D bioprinting, regenerative medicine, cardiomyocites

For the first time, a RegenBell research team has generated via 3D bioprinting a patch of heart tissue that survives and beats correctly for at least one month after implantation.

3D bioprinting for an advanced gut-on-chip model

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

2 years ago
3D bioprinting

The innovative device contains a 3D bioprinted channel with structures that mimic intestinal villi and reproduce the compartments of the intestinal mucosa. For the first time, electrodes have been inc...

Innovative bioengineered spheres might help treating diabetes

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
bioengineered spheres, diabetes, 3D bioprinting

Researchers from IBEC, in collaboration with IDIBAPS in Barcelona, have developed nontoxic small spheres able to respond to variations in glucose levels, and producing insulin in vitro. These biomimet...

IBEC leads three new European projects

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
neurorehabilation, IBEC, projects, 3D bioprinting, biosensors, skin regeneration, cancer

Bioengineering is a core discipline for the medicine of the future, and Europe knows that. Proof of this is that the European Union (EU) has granted during the last months the coordination of three Eu...

3D bioprinted robots

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
Smart Nano-Bio-Devices, nanorobots, biorobots, muscle tissue, 3D bioprinting

IBEC’s Smart Nano-Bio-Devices group – the institute’s experts in micro- and nanorobots – have used 3D bioprinting to produce ‘biorobots’ made of biological elements such as muscle tissue. ...