BioPrinting in relation to Organ transplants
November 8, 2013
On Monday’s class we concentrated on our expertise in relation to 3D Printing. My interest until this day is to apply 3D printing technology to BioPrinting. Some of the ideas my group members had were quite interesting as the main topic for our discussion was BioPrinting Organs in Comparison to traditional organ transplants. As a Pre-Medicine major i was quite aware of this technology and how many lives could be saved by 3D printed Organs. The fact that a printer is able to use organic protein/silica based inks to print a heart cell by cell will open a whole new page in the world of medicine, it is the future of Bio Engineering. Check out this link on Organ Printing, you will find it quite fascinating!
For the next 6 weeks, I decided to apply 3D Printing technology for future BioPrinting research in my Medical career.
Week 1 (November 10-16): applied research from Professionals working on 3D printing organs.
Week 2 (November 17-23): At this point i should have found a few steady Bio engineers that are progressing with their research on Organ Printing.
Week 3 (November 24-30): I will present my gathered research and promote the work of these Bio engineers in my Biomed club to Science department.
Week 4 (December 1-7): I will keep track of research companies if they are working on any new bioprinted organs.
Week 5 (December 8-14): When i have found a Bio engineers, i hope to get a tour of the actual Bio printing facility.
Sixth week (Dec15-21): Get an internship with a bio Printing research facility as a lab technician.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Steps 1-3 are clear but by 4-6 your milestones don’t correspond with your research question. Please make sure your question and your methods are aligned. Looking forward to following your progress in this research.