Bioprinting in the Low Gravity Environment

Lab researchers have recently had success in using nutrient rich blood plasma as a sort of ink to print tissues like skin. If the materials are already coming from the subject, there wouldn't be any issues with the body rejecting the new tissues or organs. And there is big potential for sending this technology up to space, for astronauts who suffer an injury. That's the goal of a new project by the european space agency. They're trying to figure out a way they could send all the parts needed to create bone grafts and even complete organs. So astronauts growing bones and organs. You just gave me the plot for my next syphe story.

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