Articles--10/11/2012

There was an interesting article in Yahoo!Finance about 3D printers, which are typically used by companies like GE to create new parts. Scientists are working on creating living tissue with these 3D printers using something called "bioink". They've successfully created small portions of tissue but their main goal, generating  whole organs for transplant, is at least a decade off. Still, despite that, smaller, but still helpful, uses for 3D tissue printing have come about. Small clusters of cells from certain organs have been manufactured and while this isn't something that can be used for transplant, it can be useful.