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Tissue engineered human liver for implantation in mice
![A small yellow organ with blood vessels in a petri dish](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/Tissue%20engineered%20human%20liver%20for%20implantation%20in%20mice.png?itok=uCUP4tyr)
Growth of blood vessels (red) enables implanted HEALs to grow and function in the mouse. This miniature human liver was removed from a HEAL-humanized mouse. Source: Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT
9 Tesla DTI Deformation
![A variety of colored dots making patterns that show neural activity](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/9%20Tesla%20DTI%20Deformation.jpg?itok=PxjKmfeA)
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Deformation. Ellipsoidal tensor glyphs visualize fluid registration. Source: David Shattuck, and Paul M. Thompson
Nerve cells grow on a bioengineered scaffold
![A photo of five glowing red circles arranged in the pattern of the Olympic flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/Nerve%20cells%20grow%20on%20a%20bioengineered%20scaffold.jpg?itok=2rT6yuGR)
Nerve cells, tagged with fluorescent red dye, grow on a bioengineered scaffold that creates a ring-shaped pattern. The scaffolding consists of meningeal fibroblasts-cells that form the connective tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Scaffolding such as this may one day form the basis of implants for repairing severed spinal cords or damaged nerves. Source: Thomas Beebe, University of Delaware.
Advances in Heart Health Research
![A blue 3D drawing of a human heart with large red blood cells flowing out of it and white words that say "Advances in Heart Health Research"](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/Advancing%20Heart%20Health%20Research.jpg?itok=IzID0hv6)
To learn more and download a PDF on ways NIBIB is advancing research in heart health click here.
Early growth of liver tumor
![Liver MRI and staining](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/EarlyLiverTumor_1.jpg?itok=PAKXc7o_)
MRI with protein contrast, left, achieves early detection of liver tumors in mice, a finding confirmed by tissue staining, right. Credit: Xue et al, PNAS.
Image of heart tissue
![Cardiac microchambers Cardiac microchambers on a chip](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/HeartPlate1_0.jpg?itok=qX-EjAUC)
Two-step fluorescence microscopy comparison
![Two-step fluorescence microscopy comparison Two-step fluorescence microscopy comparison](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/OnestepTwostepimagegfp1.jpg?itok=XEql5aHV)
Researchers achieved an improved contrast ratio using two-step fluorescent microscopy. The figure at the right, labeled a, is bone cancer tissue, imaged using one-step fluorescence, compared with the figure, labeled b, that depicts the same tissue imaged with two-step fluorescence microscopy.
Untwisting the C. elegans Embryo
![A picture of a fluorescent stained worm embryo with computer lines on top of the photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/Shroff%201.png?itok=sKDiWXzc)
The image on the left shows skin cells (green dots) and neurons (red cell) marking the shape of the embryo. The image on the right shows the skin cells connected by the software to make a computerized model of how the embryo folds and twists.