E-Mail IMAGE: Two decades ago, tissue printing was like science fiction. Today it is the beginning of a real revolution in medicine. Photo taken at Sygnis New Technologies. view more Credit: Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Skeletal muscles make a tremendous variety of actions stabilizing the body in different positions. Despite their endurance during daily activities, they can undergo several mild injuries caused by sport, accidental overstretching, or sudden overtwisting. Luckily mild injuries can be quickly healed; however, when a large part of muscles is damaged or resected surgically, the full recovery can be impossible. Muscle regeneration is challenging, but the development of innovative biocompatible materials tackles that problem. Recently, a multinational team of scientists led by dr. Marco Costantini from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS), and dr. Cesare Gargioli from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) presented a biofabricated myo-substitutes to restore significantly injured skeletal muscles with unprecedented efficiency.