Cartilage: printed and spun
From the lab that brought us the first printed bladder to be implanted into a human comes the brand new 3D printed cartilage.
Tag: bioprinting
Extending and enhancing life through bioprinting
Futurist Christopher Barnatt of Explaining the Futre has some fascinating predictions about the future of 3D printing, and in particular bioprinting.
Yum? Custom 3D-printed steaks and chicken.
“Bioprinted” meat is on the way. It’s just a way of using bioprinting, which has been used by companies to produce human tissue and organs.
Stanford develops revolutionary, highly-conductive, 3D-printable, biological Jell-O-like material
Stanford University has developed an easy-to-make, highly-conductive, 3D-printable Jell-O-like material that could help create many futuristic uses.
Bioprinting: How it works and where it’s headed
This nifty infographic illustrates how the incredible technology of bioprinting works and where it’s headed. Pass it around.
Breakthrough: Penn researchers 3D print vascular networks with sugar
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a way to incorporate a vascular system in the 3D printing of human tissue.
Don’t transplant organs, 3D print them with living cells
What if you could 3D print new organs, rather than waiting for a transplant? It’s being done now by Dr. Anthony Atala, as he discusses in this excellent, and inspiring, TedTalk.
Organovo: the Bioprinting Pioneer to Watch
While several research teams and organizations are working to make bioprinting a reality, Organovo consistently appears to be at the head of the pack.