Definitely an intersting idea, and it's quite smart to take plant cells as most of them are pluripotent anyways (the charactersitic that mammal cells only have as embryonic stem cells (and cancer cells)). The point is that just printing them wont give them an environment that tells them what they should do and so nothing will happen. And just plotting seeds.... well in my opinion what you want sby Daniel - Tissue Engineering
Hey, printing the scaffold with a 3D-Printer is an interesting idea. However, the stem cells will only rebuild the kidney if they have a reason to become kidney cells which is given by the biological scaffold but not by the scaffold from the 3D Printer. BUT... this is state of the art up to now. If a replacement would be found, for example a chemical compound that makes the stem cells differenciaby Daniel - Tissue Engineering
- Clearly the best option would be gamma radiation. But don't try this at home! - Another very classical Method is the autoclave, if you dont have one you can use a pressure cooker for small objects. Should work the same way. Programs like 25 min, 120 °C and 2 bar pressure (atmosphere is already 1 bar) should work properly. Depending on your polymer used you may not be able use this method or yoby Daniel - Tissue Engineering
Hello everyone, hope this is the right place to ask. Just recently I've been caught by the fascination of 3D-Printing; therefore, I would like to build my own 3D-Printer! But the topic is huge - there are so many options, models and ways to build. I can hardly make out what I need or what would be the best thing to start with. Could maybe someone with a little experience help me getting startedby Daniel - Reprappers