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    Skin and Bones Repaired by Bioprinting During Surgery

    April 28, 2021, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    schematic showing bioprinting of skin and bone, a rat cartoon with a defect on its head is bioprinted with one bone and 4 skin inks creating bone and skin layers.
    Schematic of the skin and bone bioprinting process. After scanning, the bone and then skin layers are bioprinted creating a layered repair with bone, a barrier layer, and dermis and epidermis.
     IMAGE: OZBOLAT LABORATORY, PENN STATE

    Fixing traumatic injuries to the skin and bones of the face and skull is difficult because of the many layers of different types of tissues involved, but now, researchers have repaired such defects in a rat model using bioprinting during surgery, and their work may lead to faster and better methods of healing skin and bones.

    “This work is clinically significant,” said Ibrahim T. Ozbolat, Hartz Family Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery, Penn State...

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