Sunday, December 17, 2006
A team of bioengineers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh joined forces with stem cell biologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to create the system, which they eventually hope will help them make stem cells grow into complex tissues.
Complex Tissue layered to Grow.
Tissue is complex, made up of a variety of different types of cells, and they must be layered together in the right pattern to work properly. They laid down a layer of nurturing proteins as a base, and then used a robotic inkjet-style machine to squirt tiny quantities of various proteins down on top, in a specific pattern.
Buying compatible Stem Cell inkjet cartridges ?
The day may come, like in the movie predator, where all we need to do is take out a spray can, and cover our injuries in a stem cell nutrient mist. This would provoke the human body, in conjunction with the stem cells to recreate/repair any injuries…
Unfortunately, it looks like we are still a far bit away before that technologiy is available.
I wonder how much they will charge for those cartridges ?
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