Last week they were growing small livers and this week they are printing skin. It is 
not yet ready for human prime time and is still printing mouse skins at this point.
Scientists At Wake Forest Grow a Mini Liver From Human Cells–Regenerative Medicine
This is wild as the printer has 2 head one releases skin cells with blood coagulant and collagen and the other one pumps out thrombin, another blood coagulant. The 2 react together and form fibrin and then the printer adds a layer of surface skin. The pigs are are next in line for skin tests and if this proves to work, then wound care might have a whole new area of treatment opening up. BD
Here’s another one of their printers at work and I like the sound effects when it is done and pumps out the cell scaffold here
If you’ve ever seen the lesser-known Sam Raimi movie Darkman, you probably remember that the plot involved the main character, Dr. Westlake, trying to figure out a way to “print” liquid skin to help burn victims. Westlake never did figure out how to keep the synthetic skin from destabilizing past the 98 minute mark, but luckily, Wake Forest Instititute for Regenerative Medicine researchers seem to have mastered it, showing off their amazing skin printer that uses living cells instead of ink.
As the researcher note, “any loss of full-thickness skin of more than 4 cm in diameter will not heal by itself.” Enter their device, which allows a modified inkjet printer to produce reams of fresh skin which can be used to patch up victims of skin trauma. They’ve already tested it on mice, with extremely positive results.
Researchers invent inkjet that prints out living skin | Geek.com
You're not wrong. I sometimes think that it's worth just
ReplyDeletegetting a new printer every year!
Printer ink