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The future of bioprinting
Feb 16, 2024
Mark Skylar-Scott, an expert in 3D printing of human tissue and bioprinting, discusses the potential of bioprinting an entire living human heart. The podcast covers topics such as the process of bioprinting, creating different cell types for bioprinting at heart scale, challenges and strategies in bioprinting blood vessels, and the ethical considerations of using human cells.
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- Bioprinting has the potential to revolutionize medicine by enabling the production of human organs using a patient's own cells, eliminating the need for donor organs and reducing the risk of rejection.
- The process of bioprinting involves printing cells and biology, using cell-friendly materials and cells instead of plastic, offering the potential for precise and efficient creation of complex biological structures.
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The Potential of Bioprinting Human Tissues and Organs
Bioprinting has the potential to produce human tissues and organs on demand, using a patient's own cells. This eliminates the need for donor organs and reduces the risk of rejection. Professor Mark Schuyler Scott is leading the effort to develop 3D printing of human tissues and organs, with a specific focus on the heart. The ability to create 11 different cell types required for a human heart is a significant step in this groundbreaking field.
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