A new 3D printer can print living tissue structures that could one day be used to replace injured or diseased tissue in patients.
“With further development, this technology could potentially be used to print living tissue and organ structures for surgical implantation,” Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who co-authored a study describing the new printer, said in a statement.[ATTACH=full]31896[/ATTACH]
This photo shows an ear structure printed with the new bioprinter. In experiments, the researchers implanted such ear structures under the skin of mice to see if the structure tissue would survive. They found that the structures did survive, and had even developed blood vessels by two months after implantation, thanks to special microchannels printed throughout the structures.
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Designer body parts coming soon? I wonder if this becomes mainstream we’ll also get body parts made in China.
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Crazy
It also can produce food