Israel’s Technion Launches Living Tissue Printing Center
April 12, 2019
By: Naama Barak
Researchers are developing complex and precise artificial tissues that can be better integrated into target organs.
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology recently launched a center for the printing of cells, tissues and organs, where 3D scaffolds and cells that grow into tissue are constructed to aid treatment in all areas of regenerative medicine.
Three-dimensional printing of tissue helps researchers develop complex and precise artificial tissues that improve their integration in target organs. This involves the creation of tissue containing a developed system of blood vessels that quickly connect to patients’ own blood vessels.
The 3D Bio-Printing Center for Cell and Biomaterials Printing’s printer translates information obtained from patients’ CT scans into tissue suited to the injury area, and can also design scaffolds or cells to make these tissues.
“You can design as you wish and seed cells in the proper orientation to allow them to better organize into the right tissue structure,” explains Prof. Shulamit Levenberg, dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineeringand head of the center.
The printer is relevant to all areas of regenerative medicine. It has several different printing heads that enable the simultaneous creation of printed tissue and can work with a wide range of raw materials such as hydrogels, thermoplastic materials and ointments.
It is equipped with precise motors of variable speed and accuracy of 0.001 mm, as well as a built-in camera that improves the accuracy of the printing needle.
Similar posts
-
Israeli Company Creates Drinking Water Out of Air
October 20, 2021As populations around the world increasingly struggle to access clean, natural water, Watergen has c...
-
Israeli Study: Why Women Feel Colder Than Men
October 6, 2021Why do women tend to sleep under a blanket and bring a sweater into work, while their male partners ...
-
Israeli Housing Prices Show Largest Increase in the World
September 21, 2021Israeli housing prices increased 345.7% over the last decade, recent research from the website Money...
-
45.3% Of All Jewish People Now Live In Israel
September 9, 2021Days before the new Hebrew calendar year of 5782, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approxi...
-
Biden Fell Asleep During Meeting With Israeli PM?
August 31, 2021Video posted on social media Saturday, which showed United States President Joe Biden seemingly fall...
-
With Afghanistan's Fall, the World is Even Less Stable
August 25, 2021In order to understand the last 40 years of Islamic struggle in Afghanistan, up until the hasty with...
-
The Popular Israeli City of Ashkelon
July 30, 2021Debbie Gross Steinberg heard the news while driving home to Ashkelon from her job in Jerusalem on Ju...
-
Ben & Jerry's Announces Anti-Israel Boycott
July 19, 2021“Ben & Jerry’s decided to brand itself as anti-Israel ice cream. This is a moral mistake and I belie...
