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3D printed bones using seaweed gel and stem cells
In medical trials, Australian researchers have successfully used seaweed to help regenerate bone and damaged human tissue, with the team being already able to regenerate knee-cap cartilage by injecting stem cells in a seaweed gel paste.
Unlike other plants, seaweed cells do not have vascular tissue, instead they use a gel-like substance to hold cells together.
[...]Professor Gordon Wallace, says the team is mixing the seaweed extracts with human stem cells for use with sophisticated 3D printing technology. "We're looking at extracts from seaweed that can actually form the structural component of 3D printed parts that we're using in studies for nerve, muscle, bone and cartilage regeneration," he said.
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