Belgian start-up BIO INX and Carl ROTH partner to expand access to 3D bioprinting solutions

29-Nov-2024 - BIO INX and Carl ROTH announced their new distribution agreement. This collaboration marks Carl ROTH’s first foray into the 3D bioprinting space, as the company continues its strategy of expanding into the rapidly growing 3D printing industry. Through this partnership, Carl ROTH will now offer ...

Cost-effective modular system for optical imaging from the 3D printer

Like building with Lego bricks

14-Oct-2024 - Making modern microscopy and spectroscopy methods accessible to as many users as possible - Prof. Thorben Cordes and his doctoral student Gabriel G. Moya Muñoz have dedicated themselves to this goal. Cordes joined the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) at TU Dortmund University as ...

Hair follicle models from the 3D printer

Researchers develop innovative model for drug testing against hair follicle infections

30-Jul-2024 - Hair follicle infections are often difficult to treat because bacteria settle in the gap between hair and skin, where it is difficult for active substances to reach them. In order to investigate this scenario more closely in the laboratory, researchers from the Department of Drug Delivery Across ...

Laser printing on fallen tree leaves produces sensors for medical and laboratory use

Major advancement for the fabrication of next-generation electrochemical sensors

16-May-2024 - Fabrication of sensors by 3D printing combines speed, freedom of design, and the possibility of using waste as a substrate. Various results have been obtained in a circular economy mode, whereby residues usually thrown away are instead used as low-cost resources. A highly creative solution ...

Replacement for animal testing - now completely without animal suffering

First tissue model of the liver produced entirely without materials of animal origin

10-May-2024 - Scientists at TU Berlin have used 3D bioprinting to produce a model of the liver from human cells for the first time without having to resort to materials of animal origin. This success is an important step towards biomedical research and teaching that is based entirely on methods without animal ...

Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometer

The low-cost hardware outperforms state-of-the-art versions and could someday enable an affordable, in-home device for health monitoring

09-Apr-2024 - Mass spectrometry, a technique that can precisely identify the chemical components of a sample, could be used to monitor the health of people who suffer from chronic illnesses. For instance, a mass spectrometer can measure hormone levels in the blood of someone with hypothyroidism. But mass ...

Researchers 3D print components for a portable mass spectrometer

Lightweight and inexpensive, miniaturized mass filters are a key step toward portable mass spectrometers that could identify unknown chemicals in remote settings

08-Jan-2024 - Mass spectrometers, devices that identify chemical substances, are widely used in applications like crime scene analysis, toxicology testing, and geological surveying. But these machines are bulky, expensive, and easy to damage, which limits where they can be effectively deployed. Using additive ...

‘Lab-on-a-drone’ sends science skyward to keep track of smelly air pollution

A low-cost 3D printed analytical IoT platform for vertical monitoring of gaseous hydrogen sulphide

18-Sep-2023 - Polluted air can contribute to the development of asthma and other conditions, and the first step toward combating its effects is continuous, accurate monitoring. Most measurement devices are stationary, placed just feet above the ground, but contaminants can drift away. Now, researchers ...

Print tumors in the laboratory

New 3D tumor model makes it possible to test cancer drugs in realistic tissue environment

20-Apr-2022 - Using a bioink made from alginate and human cells, researchers at the Technical University (TU) Berlin and other institutions have printed a three-dimensional model of a cancer metastasis in healthy tissue. They used a commercially available bio-printer for this purpose, so that the tumor model ...

A new generation of particle accelerators aims at taking cancer therapy, drug detection and material analysis to a higher level

Additively manufactured copper components for linear accelerators

04-Nov-2021 - World first: Fraunhofer IWS for the very first time prints quadrupole components for linear accelerator.These linear accelerators are so compact that they are becoming affordable even for smaller hospitals, airports and laboratories. To support this development, the Fraunhofer Institute for ...