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High-Speed 3D Printing Method Takes Us One Step Closer to Printing Organs
The method is 10 to 50 times faster than currently available alternatives.
Science & Tech
3D printing technologies have evolved at an unbelievable pace resulting in everything from 3D printed meat, to 3D printed houses to even 3D printed guns.
Many 3D printers have boasted that they may be the future of printed organs but we haven't gotten there just yet. Now, a new study out of the University of Buffalo may just be the key to 3D printed organs.
“The technology we’ve developed is 10-50 times faster than the industry standard, and it works with large sample sizes that have been very difficult to achieve previously,” said in a statement the study’s co-lead author Ruogang Zhao, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering.
The researchers released a seven-second video that is sped up from 19 minutes and that shows a full hand being printed at once. This process would normally require at least six hours using conventional 3D printing methods.