This Sugar 3D Printer Could Enable Scientists to Print Human Organs

This Sugar 3D Printer Could Enable Scientists to Print Human Organs

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http://www.newsweek.com/sugar-3d-printer-could-enable-scientists-print-human-organs-945855

Researchers from the University of Illinois, have created a new kind of 3D printer capable of producing complex shapes from sugar that can be used to grow biological tissues.

The printer uses a process called free-form printing to create intricate structures from isomalt—the type of sugar used to make throat lozenges—that could not be made with traditional layer-by-layer 3D printing.

This Sugar 3D Printer Could Enable Scientists to Print Human Organs

May 26, 2018, 5:15pm UTC
http://www.newsweek.com/sugar-3d-printer-could-enable-scientists-print-human-organs-945855 > Researchers from the University of Illinois, have created a new kind of 3D printer capable of producing complex shapes from sugar that can be used to grow biological tissues. > The printer uses a process called free-form printing to create intricate structures from isomalt—the type of sugar used to make throat lozenges—that could not be made with traditional layer-by-layer 3D printing.