Dr. Barry Dworkin

3D bioprinting produces functional transplantable human tissue

Health Headlines Commentary for February 18, 2016

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Functional human body parts built using 3D-bioprinting technique

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A 3D bioprinting system to produce human-scale tissue constructs with structural integrity, Anthony Atala et al., Nature Biotechnology, doi:10.1038/nbt.3413, published online 15 February 2016.

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