People got used to a printer as a modern invention like computer and others. It is useful and you can print texts and photos. Soon you'll get a printer for 'printing' new organs and tissues of human being.
Many companies around the world are experimenting with 3D printing of biological samples. Russian laboratory "3D Bioprinting Solutions" is one of them. It has developed the Organaut printer for printing organs and tissues. Such developments are particularly relevant in space. Astronauts with serious injuries find it difficult to recover without qualified medical attention. In this case, new technologies in medicine can play a significant role. In conventional models tissue is created in layers by using carcass. Scientists superimpose cells on top of each other. So an artificial thyroid gland was first created in a mouse. Scientists decided to translate this into space. "Organaut" was created to work in zero gravity. It prints tissue from several sides at once. This process is like making a snowball and occurs in a magnetic field. Cells don't require carcass. They hang in space and come into contact only with each other. During the experiment 6 mouse thyroid glands and 6 human cartilages were printed. Thus a total of 12 organs were printed. Scientists expect good prospects from this project. So transplantology can become one of the most popular areas in medicine. The ability to print organs can lead to a huge breakthrough.
Many companies around the world are experimenting with 3D printing of biological samples. Russian laboratory "3D Bioprinting Solutions" is one of them. It has developed the Organaut printer for printing organs and tissues. Such developments are particularly relevant in space. Astronauts with serious injuries find it difficult to recover without qualified medical attention. In this case, new technologies in medicine can play a significant role. In conventional models tissue is created in layers by using carcass. Scientists superimpose cells on top of each other. So an artificial thyroid gland was first created in a mouse. Scientists decided to translate this into space. "Organaut" was created to work in zero gravity. It prints tissue from several sides at once. This process is like making a snowball and occurs in a magnetic field. Cells don't require carcass. They hang in space and come into contact only with each other. During the experiment 6 mouse thyroid glands and 6 human cartilages were printed. Thus a total of 12 organs were printed. Scientists expect good prospects from this project. So transplantology can become one of the most popular areas in medicine. The ability to print organs can lead to a huge breakthrough.
This was written by Nino Kutivadze
