Bioprinting has outstanding potential for the 3D printing of human and other animal tissue, as well as plant tissue -- and perhaps even coculturization of both animal and plant cells. New research out of Germany suggests that 3D printing algae-laden hydrogel scaffolds may just have significant use and implications for 3D printing human tissue. Researchers from the Institute of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, in Dresden, Germany and from the Centre for Translational Bone, Joint and Soft Tissue Research, at the University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Technische Universität Dresden recently published a paper in Engineering in Life Sciences examining the 3D printing of living microalgae. Find out more about the research conducted and its potential impact on bioprinting in the full article: http://3dprint.com/50379/3d-print-algae-human-cells/


Below is a look at the progress of 3D printed microalgae: