NJIT's Guvendiren develops 3D-printed biomaterials to create rejection-proof organs

(New Jersey Institute of Technology) To date, bioinks cannot fully mimic the dynamic properties of native tissue, like changes in stiffness and biochemistry. Guvendiren's bioinks are " cell-instructive " materials that train stem cells to differentiate into different cell types in the right sequence to create a functional tissue. Their casing functions as support for the cells that are " cured " into the desired structure with blue light, eventually degrading in the body as it is replaced by a naturally produced extracellular matrix.
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