bio-ink
n.— «A printer that generates a scaffold onto which new bone can grow has been developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Bone Tissue Engineering Center (BTEC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.…Alongside fibrin, the group is planning to use growth factors such as insulin-type growth factor (IGF) as a bio-ink.» —“Printer for bone regrowth” Chemistry and Industry Apr. 7, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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