January 22, 2013 A 3-D machine that prints skin? How burn care
could be revolutionized Leng�s printer forms its sheet of soft
tissue as it works. It can also build up the material � made
mostly from living cells � to varying thicknesses, textures and
densities. It�s a 3-D tissue printer that could save lives and
revolutionize burn care around the world. The device is still at
a prototype stage, with live-animal testing of its output to
begin later this year. If successful, Leng�s tissue printer
could mark a huge advance in quality of life and survivability
for severely burned patients, and dramatically reduce treatment
costs. Eventually it could morph into a machine for fabricating
internal organs. Related article - Second Skin - Machine-made
skin being developed at U of T may be safer, faster and cheaper
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