Notre Dame Engineers create 3D-bioprinted model to study obesity’s impact on the heart
Professor Pinar Zorlutuna’s lab developed the 3D-bioprinted model, which combines heart and fat cells, enabling researchers to study how obesity affects heart function and explore potential therapies.
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Heart-on-a-chip device identifies youth-enhancing “cocktail” to repair old hearts
The heart is a pump that wears out over time—that, at least, was the prevailing view. New research has shown that …
Notre Dame researchers uncover the molecular driving force behind hallmark of aggressive, metastatic cancers
To invade healthy tissues and continue growing, aggressive cancers mimic and circumvent the body’s native piping …
Notre Dame ranks among top 100 US universities granted utility patents for third straight year
The University of Notre Dame has earned a spot on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2025, a …
3D-bioprinted model offers new way to study and treat obesity-related heart disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among people with obesity, a condition affecting one in eight people …
Notre Dame Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering welcomes machine learning expert Shivam Barwey
During the spring semester, the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering welcomed Shivam Barwey as an …
Leading biomedical engineer John Fisher to direct Notre Dame’s Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative
Internationally recognized biomedical engineer John Fisher will join the University of Notre Dame as director of the …
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