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3D 'bioprinting': 10 things you should know about how it works

3D 'bioprinting': 10 things you should know about how it works | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.techrepublic.com - December 28, 2014 9:34 PM
The world of bioprinting is still very new and ambiguous. Many of the innovations have been driven by either companies like Organovo that focus on bioprinting or specific researchers at universities, like Dr. Anthony Atala at Wake Forest.

Confusion has swirled around 3D bioprinting. It can be a difficult concept to get your head around, and it has been misconstrued at times. Atala, for instance, was misrepresented in articles about a TED Talk he gave. The articles said he printed a functioning human kidney, when in reality, it was only a prototype.

To help clear things up, we've compiled a list of 10 things to get you up to speed -- or to at least help you figure out -- how bioprinting works and where it is headed in the near future.
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Using living cells to 3D print organs may sound far-fetched, but it's happening. Bioprinting is quickly gaining traction. Here's how it works.
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New 3D bioprinter to reproduce human organs, change the face of healthcare | TechRepublic

New 3D bioprinter to reproduce human organs, change the face of healthcare | TechRepublic | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.techrepublic.com - December 28, 2014 9:29 PM

If you want to understand how close the medical community is to a quantum leap forward in 3D bioprinting, then you need to look at the work that one intern is doing this summer at the University of Louisville.

A team of doctors, researchers, technicians, and students at the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (CII) on Muhammad Ali Boulevard in Louisville, Kentucky swarm around the BioAssembly Tool (BAT), a square black machine that's solid on the bottom and encased in glass on three sides on the top. There's a large stuffed animal bat sitting on the machine and a computer monitor on the side, showing magnified images of the biomaterial that the machine is printing....

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Researchers are only steps away from bioprinting tissues and organs to solve a myriad of injuries and illnesses. TechRepublic has the inside story of the new product accelerating the process.

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