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Earlier this year, we heard how two separate groups had developed the world’s first lab-grown rib-eye steak and Waygu beef. Israeli startup MeaTech 3D is now joining their ranks, with a “cultivated steak” of its own.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTag… Continue reading Israeli firm is the latest to print out a “real beef” lab-grown steak
When it comes to the 3D bioprinting of replacement body parts or other implanted items, the material that’s used needs to be strong yet flexible, and also biocompatible. According to new research, sunflower pollen may be the way to go.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Sunflower pollen may find use in a better, stronger 3D-bioprinting ink
For some time now, we’ve been hearing about scaffolding-like implants that encourage bone tissue or cartilage to grow back into areas where it’s missing. Now, scientists have developed a method for more quickly and easily 3D-printing such implants.Cont… Continue reading “Reverse” 3D printing used to produce bone-repairing scaffold implants
Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a new technique for 3D printing cartilage in custom shapes. This can be used to reconstruct the noses of skin cancer patients, saving them the trouble of having cartilage samples taken from other … Continue reading 3D-printed custom cartilage could repair noses after skin cancer
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have developed a method to patch up injuries by 3D printing both hard and soft tissues at the same time, using two different “bioinks.” In tests on rats, the team was able to repair holes the skulls and skin… Continue reading Combo 3D bioprinting patches up skin and bone injuries in one procedure
A little over two years after Israel-based start-up Aleph Farms unveiled the world’s first lab-grown steak, the company has now revealed a much more complex, thick-cut rib-eye steak. Cultivated using a novel 3D bioprinting technology, the company sugge… Continue reading World-first lab-grown rib-eye steak demonstrates new 3D bioprinting tech
Presently, if a patient is missing a section of bone due to accident or disease, it has to be replaced with bone harvested from elsewhere in their body. A new cell-containing gel, however, could one day be 3D printed right into the injury, where it wou… Continue reading 3D-printed bone-replacement gel contains live bone cells
One of the challenges in 3D-printing biological tissue lies in the fact that the cells may die before oxygen-delivering blood vessels grow into the material. Harvard scientists are addressing that issue, by adding algae to the mix.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Algae used to give bioprinted tissue an oxygenated boost
Human knees are notoriously vulnerable to injury or wearing out with age, often culminating in the need for surgery. Now researchers have created new hybrid bioinks that can be used to 3D print structures to replace damaged cartilage in the knee.Contin… Continue reading Hybrid 3D-printing bioinks help repair damaged knee cartilage
Although we may think of 3D-printed items as being hard, they’re actually often made from soft gels, as is the case with bioprinted body parts. A new system now allows such objects to be printed at a much smaller scale than ever before.Continue Reading… Continue reading New 3D printing tech produces smaller-than-ever soft gel objects