{"id":11982,"date":"2018-07-04T07:36:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T07:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/?p=11982"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T10:08:39","slug":"bioprinting-2018s-main-breakthroughs-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/bioprinting-2018s-main-breakthroughs-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Bioprinting – 2018\u2019s Main Breakthroughs So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

3D Bioprinting tissue isn\u2019t a new idea, yet the method, so far, has been limited to tissues that are very small or very thin and lack blood vessels. Signs of Progress<\/span>\u00a0have been made across the globe.\u00a0We have already seen lab-grown ears, bladders, blood vessels, and other parts implanted in patients and the\u00a0<\/span>world’s first bioprinted tibia transplant<\/a>. We’ve also seen how a\u00a03D printed prosthetic hands<\/a> changed a few kids’ lives. And, yes, the medical world has not reached that point where it can 3D bioprint a fully functional human heart, yet scientists do believe that day is only a few years away. Here are some of the most relevant 3D bioprinting breakthroughs registered in 2018’s first six months that are worth looking at, if you share my interest in emerging technologies able to change the face of modern medicine. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Super soft structures that replicate the brain and lungs<\/h2>\r\n
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The underlying structure and actual printout of the scaffold – (a) Cylindrical pore microstructure, adapted from47 and (b) 8 unit cells printed; thawed printed 8 cell structure in (c) isometric view and (d) side view. Scale bars, (c) 10\u2009mm and (d) 5\u2009mm. Source: nature.com<\/em><\/p><\/div>\r\n

Back in January 2018, <\/span>Imperial College London researchers announced that their new <\/span>3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures, which could be used for tissue regeneration and replica organs. To do so, they use <\/span>using cryogenics (freezing) and 3D printing techniques. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to <\/span>Zhengchu Tan<\/a>, one of the researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial, <\/span>“At the moment we have created structures a few centimetres in size, but ideally, we’d like to create a replica of a whole organ using this technique.”<\/em><\/p>\r\n

But, there are two things this new approach can bring to the medical world and benefit patients in need of complex surgeries and organ transplants: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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