How to 3D print human tissue - Taneka Jones

Explore the science of bioprinting, a type of 3D printing that uses bioink, a printable material that contains living cells.

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There are currently hundreds of thousands of people on transplant lists, waiting for critical organs like kidneys, hearts and livers that could save their lives. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough donor organs available to fill that demand. What if, instead of waiting, we could create new, customized organs from scratch? Taneka Jones explores bioprinting, a new branch of regenerative medicine.

Lesson by Taneka Jones, directed by Hype CG.

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[typhoonofideas]

This is so futuristic and mind-boggling that it blows me away. I hope I will live till the time when all aforementioned things become possible and accessible.

[DeTalented]

it's amazing how quickly technology is growing.

[BuddyL]

*THIS* - combined with stem cell research🔬 - is the sort of science we need.

[hinderance]

"Customized organs from scratch"
Me to my brain: "Someone's getting a makeover."

[sebastianelytron]

How do you make a 4D printer?




Take a 3D printer and give it some time.

[rajemcaneda]

"we need to print organs asap!"
printer: you're in a hurry? It would be a shame if...

[isabellahill]

This is so helpful, I’m doing a Science Assignment and the question that I chose is about 3D printed organs and how they work and how they are printed and how 3D printed organs are similar to normal 3D printed things. This has helped a lot. Thanks TED-Ed.

Does anyone suggest other videos/sites that could help with this?

[mosieneakngen]

Person 100 years in the future: I’m just gonna print some red blood cells.
Bio-printer: Sorry, you’re out of lymphocytes.
Person: But I just want to print RBCs!
Bio-printer: Yeah... Nah. I’m a printer. What did you expect.

[Biomeducated]

This is a very good example of why I'm motivating younger people to go for biomedical science on my YT channel! Technologies and advances like this are just amazing and the future will need capable people to work in field like this. Better yet, it will need further research and thus researchers to keep improving the viability, yield, longevity, storage conditions, etc. of *3D-printed organs*


This is awesome!

[tzwacdastag]

Love the selfless mission of TED Organisation.

[natymdzl]

I’ve always wondered how this works and even though the video explained it absolutely great, my brain still can’t process it because of how incredibly mind blowing these kinds of discoveries and technologies are

[jayfawn]

As always TedEd came up with great topic and animation. I really love this channel!

[Phoneixrising]

It’s amazing to see this kind of biomedical research being done. However I think it’s just as important to make sure whatever benefits do come out of this are reaped by everyone, not just the top 1% who can shell out a ton of money.

[ExtremeAwesome]

Me: *3d prints a man* yo look what I made!
TED-Ed: Hold my bioink

[ogranesson]

I must not be the only one who gets goosebumps whenever the TED-Ed intro music plays.

[shamshirapojee]

Its amazing how science can help millions of people
But only if we educate people about it
Doing a great job TED Ed

[ossen]

Soon people will be like *Krang in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.*
Brain is the same but the rest of the body is fresh out of the refrigerator.

[inigojuancarlos]

There are several biotechs startups specifically focusing on this and there are couple of established Biotech companies already moving into advanced bio printing.

[강민재]

바이오 프린팅기술이 무엇인지, 바이오 프린팅에 사용되는 원료는 무엇인지, 바이오 프린팅에 사용되는 다양한 인쇄기술을 알아보는것등, 바이오 프린팅 기술에 대한 전반적인 지식을 쌓는 재미있는 시간이 되었습니다. 정말 감사드립니다.

[dloboi]

My gosh, the videos here are always amazing, keep up the good work TedEd!