The latest "game changer" in biomedical technology is undoubtedly the three dimensional bio-printer. It takes bio-labelled(DNA) and bio-copied protein to be used to make virtually any body part. Not, only can a 3-D bio-printer do this, but a regular 3-D printer has been used to make dental dentures and hearing aids. Now, a titanium jaw has been replicated by a 3-D bio-printer for implantation into a patient's mandible.
The phenomenal report of the use of "bio-plastic" was printed out by doctors at the University of Michigan to implant into a 19 month old whose trachea always collapsed. The printable protein was an excellent substitute for the child's faulty cartilage.
Just how routine will this be happening now and the future? Private bio-medical tech companies that utilize 3-D bio-printers like Orgavovo state that " Regenerative Medicine" will be able to recreate all human tissue and virtually every organ within 10 years . The process is using a bio-construction "layer-cake" production from DNA cellular material. Any human tissue can be 3 dimensionally re-created in layers. The layers will look identically like an individual's own tissue. It Appears as a genuine flesh and blood reproducible organ, but technically it will really "not" be you, rather a replication of you.
Currently Wake Forest/USAFI are developing 3-D bio-printing for dermatologic use. Their bio-printers can replicate human skin. The Regenerated skin can then be used like a skin graph to help wounds heal.
Cornell University also has current research in developing human tissues such as cartilage, heart valves and bone implants.
The future is now!
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