{"id":9474,"date":"2024-02-01T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/?p=9474"},"modified":"2024-02-01T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:52:55","slug":"bioprinting-is-this-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/2024\/02\/01\/bioprinting-is-this-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioprinting- Is this the future?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bioprinting technology involves bioink and biomaterials that are mixed with cells, used as the printing material for 3D printing. This involves techniques like cell culturing, growth factors, and using the bioink and biomaterials to fabricate biomedical parts to imitate tissue characteristics (involving tissue engineering) and form functional biofilms. Unlike normal 3D printers, bioprinters utilise bioinks are designed to print biological materials specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inkjet 3D bioprinting is a type of bioprinting technology. Some benefits of this technology is its high speed and availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inkjet 3D biofabrication by &quot;3D Bioprinter&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g2ZTWHsO8l0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first 3D printed organ, bladder, was transplanted into a human in 1999. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cellink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Ear-Image-3D-bioprinting-ears.jpg\" width=\"409\" height=\"273\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/22\/06\/2048x1152\/skynews-ear-transplant_5791779.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"226\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 2022, a biotech company, <em>3DBio Therapeutics<\/em>, printed an ear implant for a 20-year-old woman. She had her external ear reconstructed using 3D-printed living tissue implant.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bioprinting technology involves bioink and biomaterials that are mixed with cells, used as the printing material for 3D printing. This involves techniques like cell culturing, growth factors, and using the bioink and biomaterials to fabricate biomedical parts to imitate tissue characteristics (involving tissue engineering) and form functional biofilms. Unlike normal 3D printers, bioprinters utilise bioinks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practice-blogs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9538,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions\/9538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}