The Home Application of the Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels Form of 3D Bioprinting

Overview

Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting, for the past decade, has been the catalyst for various advancements within the field of tissue engineering. 3D bioprinting will allow physicians to reduce the rapidly increasing demand for organs, produce new surgical approaches, develop medicines faster, as well as allow us to learn more about the human body. However, due to the expense of bioprinting technology, there are a limited number of facilities that can afford the equipment, restricting the individuals working in this field. To address this problem of limited access to bioprinting technology, a new and low-cost way to 3D bioprint at home has been created: converting a 3D plastic printer into a 3D bioprinter printer. In addition to this printer conversion, to successfully 3D bioprint a support bath/slurry must also be produced in order to maintain the intended structure of the soft materials that are being 3D printed. To produce an at-home slurry, new ingredients have been used to recreate the current in-lab support bath used. These ingredients, with the exception of GelB, are all materials that can be bought at a grocery store. The diameter of the microspheres, the polymers within the support bath, created in the at-home support bath matched the diameters of microspheres produced in in-lab slurries. By creating a low-cost and at-home way to 3D bioprint will expose more individuals, such as high school and college students, to the 3D bioprinting technology, allowing more people to work towards the major obstacles that are currently present in the field.

Competition history

• JSHS 2022 Category not listed

Resources

• National JSHS abstract book ↗

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