20160314 - 3d printing

3-D printing 

could one day help fix damaged cartilage

Date:

March 16, 2016

Source:

American Chemical Society

Athletes, the elderly and others who suffer from injuries and arthritis can lose cartilage and experience a lot of pain. Researchers are now reporting, however, that they have found a way to produce cartilage tissue by 3-D bioprinting an ink containing human cells, and they have successfully tested it in an in vivo mouse model. The development could one day lead to precisely printed implants to heal damaged noses, ears and knees.

The researchers presented their work today at the 251st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).


 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160316082721.htm