3D bio-printer developed by Sydney start-up Inventia to help speed up cancer research
Sydney based start-up Inventia has built a new 3D bio-printer that it says removes the need for time-consuming manual labour by medical lab workers. Continue reading “3D bio-printer developed by Sydney start-up Inventia to help speed up cancer research”
bioLogic is growing living actuators and synthesizing responsive bio-skin in the era where bio is the new interface. We are Imagining a world where actuators and sensors can be grown rather than manufactured, being derived from nature as opposed to engineered in factories. Continue reading “MIT’s Biologic program attempts to program living organism and create organically reactive material (Video)”
A 3D printing technique known as bioplotting is being examined by researchers as a potential treatment for type 1 diabetes. This approach is being developed so islet cells, which are cell groups comprised of insulin-producing beta cells, can be transplanted into patients with type 1 diabetes while being fully protected. Continue reading “3D printing technique could treat type 1 diabetes”
Recently, 3D Printing Industry reported on Michigan Tech’s Tolou Shokuhfarexperimenting with graphene-based biomaterials to produce a “bioink” that can replace and re-stimulate growth in cartilage and nerve cells. Graphene has long been a material of interest for biomedical, engineering, … Continue reading “3D Printing Neurons with Graphene: Stretching the Possibilities at Northwestern University”
3D-printing of bioscaffolding is haute – but the matrices snagging headlines have been in the bone growth space. Researchers at Michigan Technological University say they have expanded this scaffolding science to help rebuild nerve tissue. Continue reading “Michigan Tech using 3D printing to help regenerate nerve cells (VIDEO)”
U.S. biotech startup BioBots sits at the intersection between computer science and chemistry. Its debut product, a desktop 3D printer for biomaterials, which was just demoed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, combines hardware, software and wetware. It’s the latter area where the core innovation sits, says co-founder Danny Cabrera. Continue reading “BioBots Is A 3D Printer For Living Cells”
Our eyes are such elegant, complex, specialized organs that their existence seems almost hard to believe–Darwin himself called their evolution “absurd.” But that doesn’t mean they’re perfect; eyes sometimes break down over time. Italian design firm MHOX has an ambitious idea: to improve human eyes by making synthetic replacements. Continue reading “Replace Your Eyeballs With Synthetic Ones”
3D printers are opening up new opportunities in medicine too. A group of researchers in a team led by Marcy Zenobi-Wong is printing cartilage transplants using the body’s own cells. They are personalised and grow with the patient. Continue reading “Nose Made By Bioprinters”
Although it has captured the public imagination, bioprinting fully functioning vascularized whole organs won’t become a reality any time soon. Nor does it need to, says Ibrahim Ozbolat, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa (UI; Iowa City, IA). “That will be very challenging.” Continue reading “Bioprinting comes alive (but not in the way you might imagine it)”
Evolution. It’s played a central conceptual and practical role in the RepRap project that has spawned much of the new wave of prosumer desktop 3D printers. Adrian Bowyer’s 2005-incepted project was booted-up with an evolutionary process of generational progress and natural selection as the foundation. Continue reading “3D Printer Used To Discover Chemical Origins Of Life (VIDEO)”
