Biological Engin-ear-ing: 3D Printed Virus-Built Organ
Biological Engin-ear-ing: 3D Printed Virus-Built Organ
Nimrod Heldman, Belcher Laboratory
MIT Department of Biological Engineering, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Koch Institute at MIT
This image shows A 3D printed human ear made from a genetically engineered virus. It is to the best of our knowledge the first time a 3D printed organ was printed with a genetically engineered resin. One of our aims is to be able to create a scaffold for organ growth by genetically engineering the virus to present functionalities that help cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. The size of the ear is about 5 mm x 7 mm.