3D Printed Biomaterials Could Repair Damaged Brains

Sam Nash
4 min readMar 3, 2021

A team at Northwestern University have developed a new organic printing material that could revolutionise regenerative medicine. The key to this remarkable discovery lies in the ability to control the way in which molecules combine to form tissues and cells. The printing process involves taking sample cells from a patient, and then creating living, functional tissues in the lab for research or reinsertion back into the patient.

A dementia patient losing parts of her memory — Source — Pixabay
A dementia patient losing parts of her memory — Source — Pixabay

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Sam Nash

Sam writes scifi thrillers & also historical fiction as Sam Taw. She's also the editor of the Historical Times interactive magazine. www.historicaltimes.org