3-D Printing and Tissue Engineering
New Advance in 3-D Printing and Tissue Engineering Technology
Researchers have come up with a new micro-robotic technique for creating tissue foundation with 3D printers. This new technology is able to engineer individual cell blocks to make tissues. It could engineer organs using someone's own cells, which could help avoid issues involving organ transplants. This could also help in studying and testing cells with new medicines. This type of technology is new, yet growing very fast and has a lot of potential.
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This is an amazing step in science. I think it's really amazing that doctors will be able to help people who need organ transplants, a lot faster. An article on computerworld.com says that although they are close to having the first organ to ever be printed in 3-D, finished, there is still a lot of work to do. The first organ will be a liver, and it will be used for strictly research. This new drug will cost about $1.2 billion dollars to develop by the time it is done, but when the final product is finally reveled and perfected, this drug will be able to save many lives. Unfortunately thought, there is the potential that it could take up to 10 years to get FDA approved. It think this is so amazing because there are so many people that die because their problems aren't bad enough to be higher on the transplant list, when they desperately need one. I think this product will save so many lives, and it's an amazing step forward in science.
ReplyDeleteI Agree that this is an amazing leap forward for the science world. Even though there are already 3D printers that print plastics, a Bioprinter, if produced on a large scale, will stop the need of a waiting list for donors helping anybody who is in need of a organ transplant but cannot find the right donor. In the article "Bioprinting human organs and tissue: Get ready for the great 3D printer debate" Gartner is forecasts that at least seven of the world's top 10 multichannel retailers will be using the technology by 2018. Even though this technology has not yet worked to print organs Gartner says that printing of non-living medical devices, such as prosthetic limbs, could cause an explosion in demand for the technology over the next two years.
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http://www.zdnet.com/bioprinting-human-organs-and-tissue-get-ready-for-the-great-3d-printer-debate-7000025730/