(A 3D silicone Heart)
Imagine having to wait three to four years for a life-saving kidney or another vital organ. That is if one is lucky after years of tedious dialysis. 4,761 patients passed away in 2014 due to waiting for a kidney transplant. This article brings up new information on a concept called Bioprinting. This technology would allow bodily organs to be printed off to perform the functions that patients been waiting for since they began their battle. Erik Gatenholm and Hector Martinez are working sixteen hour days to figure this issue out. They created the world’s first bio-ink called Nanocellulose aliginate which is from seaweed. “The way it works is actually quite simple and is similar to inkjet printing,” Fabien Guillemot, the CEO and chief scientific officer of Poietis, said. “It prints 3D structures, in this case, biological tissues, by successively layering microdrops of cells on a surface.”
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