A 3DBio Therapeutics team of scientists successfully transplanted a 3D printed ear constructed from the patient’s own cells. This might herald a new era of regenerative medicine.
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The patient, a 20-year-old lady, was born with a tiny and deformed ear owing to microtia, a rare congenital disease. Earlier this year, specialists 3D printed a new ear to match her previous one and grafted it onto her head in a clinical study.
According to 3DBio Therapeutics, the ear will even continue to grow, producing new cartilage tissue. This might be the first time when a 3D printed implant composed of living tissues was successfully transplanted onto a human patient.
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The business expanded half a gram of cells collected from the patient into billions of cells using what it calls exclusive technology. The ear was then printed using a customized 3D printer that employed “bio-ink” based on collagen.
This study will enable the business to explore the safety and cosmetic aspects of this unique ear rebuilding process that uses the patient’s own cartilage cells.
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3DBio Therapeutics now hopes to use the same process on additional body parts such as spinal discs, noses, and rotator cuffs. More complicated bodily components, such as organs, represent a significantly bigger difficulty than the ear, which serves just aesthetic purposes.
“It demonstrates that this technology is no longer a ‘if,’ but rather a ‘when.’
Reference- Businesswire, 3DBio Therapeutics website & online PR, Futurism, The New York Times Report