Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Amazing Stuff: Printing Living Tissue

Here is the article about 3D printing of synthetic skin replacement! This is big news!

A brief summary: “The method also represents an early but [foundational] step toward building fully functional replacements for injured or diseased tissue that can be designed from CAT scan data using computer-aided design (CAD), printed in 3D at the push of a button, and used by surgeons to repair or replace damaged tissue.”

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