bioprinting
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bioprinting (uncountable)
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The construction of a biological structure by computer-aided, automatic, layer-by-layer deposition, transfer, and patterning of small amounts of biological material.
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“Even to us it sometimes seems like science fiction,” said Akhilesh Gaharwar, who directs a cross-disciplinary lab in the biomedical engineering department at Texas A&M University that focuses on bioprinting and other approaches to regenerative medicine.
KFC is kicking off the development of innovative 3D bioprinting technology to make chicken meat with the 3D Bioprinting Solutions research laboratory.
Instead, we're betting they'll take advantage of a rapidly developing technology known as bioprinting.
“This partnership is a great next step to expand the applications of Organovo's 3-D bioprinting technology and to create value for both L’Oréal and Organovo by building new breakthroughs in skin modeling.”
Though it seems fantastic, bioprinting combined with stem cell technology will dramatically advance healthcare into an entirely new strata.