Print out skin! Spain creates 3D printer to produce human skin

704 views · Published 19 February 2017 · 0:49 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: New China TV · 2017 · News & Politics

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A bio-printer has been created in Spain to produce human skin used for transplants, cosmetics and medicine test, which makes skin one of the first living organs created by bioprinting.

Researchers use bioinks containing human plasma, primary human fibroblasts and keratinocytes to create skin with two layers. The research was published in the scientific journal Biofabrication.

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