When muscle cells are viewed under the microscope, one can see that they ... that are arranged in a stacked pattern throughout muscle tissue (Figure 1). There can be thousands of sarcomeres ...

In thinking of ways to grow multidirectional muscle tissue, the team hit on a surprisingly simple idea: stamps. Inspired in part by the classic Jell-O mold, the team looked to design a stamp with ...

MIT engineers 3D print multidirectional muscle tissue that flexes like the human iris - opening new paths for biohybrid ...

Engineers developed a method to grow artificial muscle tissue that twitches and flexes ... handheld stamp patterned with microscopic grooves, each as small as a single cell. Then they pressed ...