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3D Bio Printer Produces Bone, Muscle and Cartilage

3D Bio Printer Produces Bone, Muscle, and Cartilage.

Deandre M. Harper
Winston-Salem State University
Writing/Digital World 1313-06
March 1, 2016

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Abstract
This paper will explore the research findings of bio printing. It will explain the pros and
cons of bio printing. This article varies in definition and abbreviation. Some
abbreviations that were used in this article were ITOP: The meaning of ITOP is the
integrated tissue and organ printing system. This is the system is used to make the bone
muscle and cartilage.

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3D Bio Printer Produces Bine, Muscles, and Cartilage
This article introduced the newest method of 3D printing, and the system used to create
the tissue cells. The actual system that is being referred to is the integrated tissue and
organ printing system. The 3D bio printer can be used for regeneration, which will be
explained in greater detail in the body. This paper will review and elaborate on the pros
and cons of this system, which was expressed throughout the article about bio printing.
This new 3D printing can produce human sized bone, muscle, and cartilage that
can survive once implanted into an animal. Five months after the tissue that was used to
put into integrated tissue and organ printing system and implanted in the animal, a fully
functioning ear. Bio printing is being applied to regenerative medicine to address the need
for tissues and organs suitable for transplantation. 3D bio printing has already been used
for the generation and transplantation of several tissues, including multilayered skin,
bone, vascular grafts, tracheal splints, heart tissue and cartilaginous structures (Boggs,
2016). Regeneration is the action or process of regenerating or being regenerated, in
particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue. It has been stated that using bio
printing would be the best replacement, because it is using the patients own tissue rather
than using a plastic or metal part (Boggs, 2016). With all this being said according to it
has also been challenging to produce human scale tissues with 3D printing, because
larger tissues require additional nutrition. Through simple process, there will be similar
strategies to make solid organs.
In the final analysis, even though this is a process that can come with pros and cons once
perfected it can change the way transplantation is viewed. This process will further the
advancement of technologies of science. This will also be advancement for people on

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waiting list for organs. There will no longer a need for donors or the chance or the organ
rejecting because it is cells from the own body. All and all this process has more pros and
it will be a great finding.

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References
US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health(2014). 3D bio printing of
tissues and organs.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25093879
Rueters (2016). 3D bio printer produces bone, muscle, and cartilage.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-biotech-3d-printers-idUSKCN0VO28X