February 2023, Mikrocentrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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A research lab at Drexel University specializing in biofabrication recently used 3D printing to create models of tumor tissue that more closely replicate real tumors than traditional 2D tissue culture, to understand better of how tumors grow, and importantly, how they die. Continue reading “3D-printed living tumors make a better model for cancer research”
The human knee is a complex and problematic joint. It’s fair to say that it hasn’t adapted well to our greatly expanded life expectancy and trend towards obesity; painful osteoarthritis is the number one cause of chronic disability. One promising stream involves the idea of using 3D printing technology to deposit stem cells directly into damaged areas of cartilage so it can grow back as healthy tissue. Continue reading “3D bioprinting of stem cell structures could combat osteoarthritis”
3D printed knee implants are revolutionizing traditional knee replacement surgery, making knee replacement surgeries less painful and offering a faster recovery process. Continue reading “3D Printed Knee Replacement Success Story”
Quote Professor Hagan Bayley: “We aim to integrate printed tissue-like materials with living tissues, and to print materials that themselves contain living cells. Our long-term goal is to develop a synthetic-tissue printer that a surgeon can use in the operating theatre. Continue reading “Generating Interest: A Regenerative 3D Bioprinting Breakthrough”
UK-based company Brightwake has developed a new way of providing lifesaving blood to those who are in need of blood transfusions. Continue reading “Revolutionary Blood Recycling Machine Created Using 3D Printer”
A new spin-out company from the University of Oxford brings something new to the mix. Led by professor of chemical biology Hagan Bayley, OxSyBio will work not only with actual cells, but with a technology that allows them to print synthetic tissue-like materials out of water droplets. Continue reading “How to 3D Print Synthetic Tissue Out of Water Droplets (VIDEO)”
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. Continue reading “3D Bioprinting: 10 things you should know about how it works”
Researchers developing 3D-printed living tissue that could help doctors repair damaged organs have received £1m of investment to commercialise the technology. Continue reading “£1m funding boosts prospects for 3D-printed organ tissue”
Using 3D printers, researchers have made a tumor-like lump of cancerous cells. Researchers say that this lump resembles natural cancer more closely than the two-dimensional cells that are grown in lab dishes and currently used for study and drug testing. Continue reading “3D Printing Cancerous Cells Can be Used to Further Cancer Research”
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo University’s RIKEN and Japanese medical research firm NEXT 21 K.K. have developed a 3D printer that uses ink from the bone substitute calcium phosphate. The researchers have requested regulatory approval for the printer that is designed to print bones exclusively. Continue reading “How long until Staples adds a bone printer to its 3D services?”