3D Printed Blood Vessels

Researchers have made an extraordinary breakthrough in medical science field with the help of 3D printing technology.

Researchers from the University of Sydney, MIT, Harvard, and Stanford have discovered a way in which the can print working blood vessels. They constructed minute interconnected fibres with a futuristic bio printer, next they covered the fibres with human endothelial cells and applied a protein material. The whole print gets to be hardened by light and finally remove the fibres and what is left behind is an extremely complex array of hollow cell material. 

Days later, those cells manage to reorganize themselves into stable capillaries

Dr. Luiz Bertassoni from the University of Sydney said it is still a long way to go before this technology will replace the traditional donation and transplant system like the first successful heart transplant accomplished by Dr Barnard in 1967.

In the last decade, the number of patients awaiting a donation has doubled and the number of organ donors has barely gone up

Scientist had managed to grow working blood vessels in labs and together with the 3D printing technology it can show promise for patients in the future that can not find a donor in time.

In March 2011 Dr Anthony Atala shocked the world when he showed off a working printed kidney at a interesting TED talk he broke the necessary steps to successfully print a working organ requires 3 major components: Biomaterials, cells, and blood supply channels.

In conclusion the researchers have made a extensive breakthrough in the field of medical science