bio-ink

bio-ink
 n.β€” Β«Here’s how it works: A customized milling machine prints a small sheet of bio-paper. This “paper” is a variable gel composed of modified gelatin and hyaluronan, a sugar-rich material. Bio-ink blotsβ€”each a little ball of cellular material a few hundred microns in diameterβ€”are then printed onto the paper. The process is repeated as many times as needed, the sheets stacked on top of each other.Β» β€”β€œPrinting Organs on Demand” by Rachel Metz Wired Dec. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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