For the first time in a medical history, researchers used living cells from the human body to print a functional 3D heart. The latest developments in the field of regenerative medicine come from a team of Israeli researchers. We were able to “print” the world’s first revascularized artificial heart By using human cells and biological materials as the “bio ink” of 3D printers. Check out the details about this interesting development.
Researcher 3D-Printing a Functional Human Heart
A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel recently unveiled the first three-dimensional angiogenesis-engineering heart through an official research paper. Advanced science journal.Medical researchers printed simple tissue without blood vessels, while TAU researchers Design the heart with cells, blood vessels, and other functional elements..
“This is the first time we have successfully designed and printed an entire heart full of cells, blood vessels, ventricles, and ventricles.” Professor Tal Dvir, head of research and professor of TAU’s Faculty of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, said in a statement.
The process of “printing” the heart was done by removing the adipose tissue from the patient and separating the cellular and non-cellular parts. The recovered cells have been reprogrammed to become pluripotent stem cells that can develop into different cell types to grow a functional heart. On the other hand, non-cellular substances such as glycoproteins and collagen have become “bio-inks”. For printers. By combining these materials, researchers were able to print complex tissues such as heart patches that contributed to the creation of the artificial human heart.
This is an important and notable feat, but you need to know that there is still a lot to be achieved.For example, this heart is really small and researchers have to grow more “printed” hearts in the lab.“Teach them to behave” Like the human heart. We will also transplant a 3D-printed heart into an animal model to test its capabilities.
Professor Dvir believes that the best hospitals in the world will have organ printers to support transplants without donations over the next decade.Thus, the patient does not have to depend on the donor If any of those internal organs do not work. So what do you think of the world’s first 3D printed heart? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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