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Researchers from Oxford and Bristol 3D print high-resolution tissue

At the University of Oxford, researchers have discovered a new way to 3D print living tissue with lab-grown cells. While there have been other successes of 3D printing tissue, such as in Sweden, this latest development in England could pave…

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At the University of Oxford, researchers have discovered a new way to 3D print living tissue with lab-grown cells. While there have been other successes of 3D printing tissue, such as in Sweden, this latest development in England could pave the way for regenerative medicine and enable the creation of complex tissues and cartilage.

Led by Chemical Biology professor Hagan Bayley, the research team was made up of an interdisciplinary team from Oxford’s departments of Chemistry and Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and the Center for Molecular Medicine at Bristol.

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The 3D droplet bioprinter that was developed by the Bayley Research Group at Oxford photo// Alexander Graham

In a new paper published in the Scientific Reports Journal, the team used human embryonic kidney cells (HEK) and ovine mesenchymal stem cells (oMSCs) in order to demonstrate how a range of both human and animals cells can be printed into high-resolution tissue constructs.