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3D-printed living human tissues with vascular channels

Artificially grown human organs are the solution of the organ transplant shortage

06-Sep-2019

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SWIFT technique allows to 3D print vascular channels into living matrices.

Living matrices are composed of stem-cell-derived organ building blocks.

Organ-specific tissues were printed with embedded vascular channels.

SWIFT focuses on only printing the vessels necessary to support a living tissue construct.

SWIFT technique is created by researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute and SEAS.

Research is reported in Science Advances.

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Mark Skylar-Scott

Assistant Professor and researcher in 3D biprinting.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)

Educational institution for engineering, foundational science and the liberal arts.

Science Advances

Journal that publishes original research and reviews in all disciplines of science

Sebastien Uzel

Research Associate at the Wyss Institute.

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3D Printing (Healthcare)