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Surgical 3D printing BioPen writes in bone, nerve and muscle
DVICE ^ | 02/07/2014 | Colin Druce-McFadden

Posted on 02/07/2014 8:25:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 02/07/2014 8:25:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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I having my _____ redrawn this weekend.


2 posted on 02/07/2014 8:27:48 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way!"

3 posted on 02/07/2014 8:29:18 AM PST by DannyTN
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a quantum leap forward in “medicine” while we undergo several quantum leaps backwards in society...

Were our progress as a nation and a world as welcome!

Thanks


4 posted on 02/07/2014 8:29:36 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just in time - I’m down to my last few microns of cartilage in both shoulders.


5 posted on 02/07/2014 8:33:08 AM PST by skeeter
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Link says they are using human embryonic stem cells as the “ink”.

Aside from the moral questions, embryonic stem cells outside of their natural environment, a human in very early development, grow wild. They don’t necessarily grow in to the target tissue, in this case bone, because of their pluripotency. And they tend to grow wild due to their natural proliferating capabilities.


6 posted on 02/07/2014 8:33:27 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: SeekAndFind; AFPhys; AD from SpringBay; ADemocratNoMore; aimhigh; AnalogReigns; archy; ...
Not quite a 3-D Printer ping...

Some day her prints will come

One body part at a time...

7 posted on 02/07/2014 8:35:12 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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Organovo is developing 3D human organs that will hopefully be used in transplants.
http://www.organovo.com/


8 posted on 02/07/2014 8:36:49 AM PST by Rusty0604
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All the mechanicals work, they can easily change the ink to adult stem cells derived from the patient.


9 posted on 02/07/2014 8:36:58 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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Some day her prints will come

*groan*

10 posted on 02/07/2014 8:39:55 AM PST by bigheadfred
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Interesting. I’m over due for shoulder surgery.

Gives a person things to think about.


11 posted on 02/07/2014 8:40:08 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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Everything I have heard indicates that adult stem cells are actually better suited for this kind of application. Not sure why they would be using embryonic ones here.


12 posted on 02/07/2014 8:41:50 AM PST by skeeter
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Yes.

At least in theory.

One thing about such a process is that the deposition is going to be very damaging to cells. But it doesn’t need 100% integrity to be effective, just enough cells. Even a 1% rate of intact cells could be effective.

The human embryonic stem cells are hardier than adult stem cells and can be obtained in much more plentiful numbers. So development with more safe and theoretically more effective adult stem cells won’t be easy.

Don’t get me wrong, I think this is a great idea that may work out well over time and help a lot of people.


13 posted on 02/07/2014 8:43:59 AM PST by ifinnegan
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...after surgery lasting only 26 days...


14 posted on 02/07/2014 8:44:34 AM PST by bigheadfred
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See my previous post on this.


15 posted on 02/07/2014 8:44:35 AM PST by ifinnegan
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I having my _____ redrawn this weekend.

HA !!

16 posted on 02/07/2014 8:44:37 AM PST by Lizavetta
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The human embryonic stem cells are hardier than adult stem cells and can be obtained in much more plentiful numbers.

Source please?

Adult stem cells are derived from fat cells, I personally could provide the Nation's needs!

17 posted on 02/07/2014 8:47:04 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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Not sure why they would be using embryonic ones here.

Because the technology is still in it's infancy.

: )

18 posted on 02/07/2014 8:50:27 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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Gives a person things to think about.

Speaking of thinking.... How soon before they can graft on more brains ?

19 posted on 02/07/2014 8:52:50 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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Gives a person things to think about.

Speaking of thinking.... How soon before they can graft on more brains ?

20 posted on 02/07/2014 8:54:09 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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