Researchers using ‘soft robots’ to toughen up artery implants

Researchers are using so-called “soft robots” to train artificially grown arteries for the stresses of the human body.

Scientists from the Queensland University of Technology are working on the evidence, or a proof-of-concept, for their project to grow replacement arteries made from a patient’s own cells.

Using 3D printing and cultivating cells from the patient to grow implants made of their own tissue is both a cutting-edge medical field and also almost routine in 2021, with multiple projects active in the space in Australia and around the world.

However, the QUT team is working to…