3D Printer Store » bioprinter http://www.3dprinterstore.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:13:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ‘Printer’ Creates Organs for Transplant http://www.3dprinterstore.com/2010/08/printer-creates-organs-for-transplant.html http://www.3dprinterstore.com/2010/08/printer-creates-organs-for-transplant.html#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:50:19 +0000 3D Printer Store http://www.3dprinterstore.com/?p=243 (Newser) – The principles of 3D printing are being applied to medicine, raising the possibility that doctors might someday be able to produce human organs for transplant and end the use of waiting lists. California biotech company Organovo already has a prototype of the so-called “bioprinter,” which uses two printer heads to place cells (”bioink”) [...]]]> (Newser) – The principles of 3D printing are being applied to medicine, raising the possibility that doctors might someday be able to produce human organs for transplant and end the use of waiting lists. California biotech company Organovo already has a prototype of the so-called “bioprinter,” which uses two printer heads to place cells (”bioink”) onto a water-based gel (”biopaper”). For more details on the process, see the Telegraph and, especially, the Engineer.

“Ultimately the idea would be for surgeons to have tissue on demand for various uses,” says Organovo’s chief executive.
Via: newser.com

]]> http://www.3dprinterstore.com/2010/08/printer-creates-organs-for-transplant.html/feed 0 3D Organ Bioprinting http://www.3dprinterstore.com/2009/12/3d-organ-bioprinting.html http://www.3dprinterstore.com/2009/12/3d-organ-bioprinting.html#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:21:55 +0000 3D Printer Store http://www.3dprinterstore.com/?p=63 3D Bioprinting new blood vessels or even organs may be possible in the future. A first step has been taken with the first commercial bioprinter, by Organovo. It currently prints cell structures but nobody has dared to put them in their bodies yet. So while this looks like a promising development, I’d take good care [...]]]> 3D Bioprinting new blood vessels or even organs may be possible in the future. A first step has been taken with the first commercial bioprinter, by Organovo. It currently prints cell structures but nobody has dared to put them in their bodies yet. So while this looks like a promising development, I’d take good care of your body just a little longer – say, 30 years or so?

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