3d printed skin

As Cosmetic Companies Continue to Invest in 3D Bioprinted Skin, Experts Urge Restraint

Just as medical applications for standard 3D printing are on the rise, so too are the hopes for usable 3D bioprinted tissue. But 3D printing living tissue is a lore…

Understanding the Fundamentals of the 3D Bioprinting Space

For medicine, bioprinting is a necessity and an inevitability. The demand for organs will undoubtedly continue to climb with the global median age. Yet what hurdles lie in the way…

Chemical Giant BASF Teams With Poietis on 4D Bioprinted Skin Project

While Organovo has been making headlines by 3D printing human liver, kidney and skin tissue, they are not the only one’s around who are developing bioprinting technologies. The little known…

Design Student Creates 3D Skin Printer Concept to Alleviate Burns & Skin Disease

Many of us completely take our skin–generally quite durable–for granted, punishing it under the glare of the sun, caking it with makeup, and subjecting it to a wide array of…

L’Oréal USA & Organovo Team for 3D Printed Human Skin Tissue Research

You all probably know by now that Organovo (NYSE: ONVO) is leading the charge when it comes to 3D printing organ tissue. They have already brought human liver tissue to…

Qingdao Unique to Begin Animal Testing on 3D Printed Skin & Corneas Within 1 Year, Other Organs in 2 Years

While 3D printing has been making its mark for a couple decades within the field of rapid prototyping, it is now just beginning to break the surface when it comes…

3D Printed Skin: New Zealand Designer Streamlines Medical Training in Sutures

While it’s certainly always preferable to practice on the real thing, or a cadaver, medical students are, after all, students. In teaching situations, sometimes patients generously have to suck it…

Scientists 3D Print Shark Skin: May lead to technologically advanced boat propellers & more

When it comes to innovation, some of the most technologically advanced objects still belong to nature. Over the centuries, many inventions have come about, by observing nature in its finest…