BioPen
The University of Wollongong Goes to India
The Indian research community is catching up with the world’s bioprinting innovations. From university labs to startups, the country’s foremost innovators are using 3D bioprinters and developing their own to…
Interview With Cathal O’Connell about BioFab3D Lab
The Australian 3D bioprinting community is growing. Thanks to their pioneering technological innovations, collaborations between researchers and healthcare, and support from government initiatives, advances in biotechnology may make manufacturing living…
Interview with Gordon Wallace on Bioprinting Solutions to Medical Challenges
In a race to combat very specific medical challenges, Gordon Wallace has developed groundbreaking and bespoke advances in bioprinting, both in specialized 3D printing devices and customized bioinks. Along with…
3D Printing BioPen Receives Investment from Australian Government
In 2016, researchers at the University of Wollongong partnered with orthopedic surgeons at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne to develop the BioPen, a bioprinting pen that allows surgeons to draw new cartilage…
Collaboration Key to 3D Bioprinting Stem Cell Research Success at BioFab3D@ACMD in Australia
Medical researchers and scientists have created all kinds of medical marvels, from brain tissue and cartilage to a heart and a pancreas, by 3D printing stem cells. In Australia, Swinburne…
10 Highlights of the EnvisionTEC 3D-Bioplotter’s Long Career
Last week, we took a look at what has become one of the most commonly used 3D bioprinters in the industry. The 3D-Bioplotter from EnvisionTEC has now been used in more…
Australian Surgeons Successfully Use 3D Stem Cell BioPen to Draw Knee Cartilage into Sheep, Ready for Commercialization, Human Trials
When it comes to 3D printing in the medical field, it seems like Australia is the place to watch these days. In just a few of many examples, the country…
TPE TopCon: A Look at 16 Top 3D Printing Stories of 2016
Yesterday in Akron, Ohio was the 12th TPE TopCon event, a conference dedicated to thermoplastics hosted by the Akron Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) and the TPE Special…
The BioPen: 3D Bioprinting Pen Lets Surgeons Draw New Cells Directly Onto Bone
It’s hard to keep up with 3D bioprinting technology. What seemed, not that long ago, like a futuristic dream is now advancing at an incredible speed. Numerous organizations, from corporations to…