PrintAlive 3D bioprinter creates on-demand skin grafts for burn victims

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While most are familiar with the potential for 3D printers to pump out plastic odds and ends for around the home, the technology also has far-reaching applications in the medical field. Research is already underway to develop 3D bioprinters able to create things as complex as human organs, and now engineering students in Canada have created a 3D printer that produces skin grafts for burn victims... Continue Reading PrintAlive 3D bioprinter creates on-demand skin grafts for burn victims

Section: Medical

Tags: 3D Printers, Bioprinting, Burns, James Dyson Awards, Skin, University of Toronto

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