Advances continue to be made in the progressive field of bioprinting, pushing toward increased ability to 3D print human tissue.

A study completed by a collaboration of researchers from UCLA,Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, theUniversity of Santiago de Compostela, UC San Diego, and Sharif University of Technology is introducing something new to 3D bioprinting – the ability to print with multiple materials.

Bioengineer Ali Khademhosseini, the Levi James Knight, Jr. Professor of Engineering at the university’s Samueli School of Engineering, and his collaborators created a method that automatically builds therapeutic biomaterials from several materials. The technique uses a specially adapted 3D printer that could help advance the field of regenerative medicine by making it possible to 3D print complex artificial tissues on demand.

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