University of Iowa Biomanufacturing Laboratory: Printing Organs

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRBa9YifVTY]

Synopsis. The University of Iowa Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department is working on organ printing, where they use a 3D printer to print living structures with bio-ink. The goal is to eventually print a working organ that can be transplanted into a human. This project is supported in part by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Iowa. This video was first published to YouTube on 20 February 2013.

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