Pharmaceutical science has developed tremendously, but when technology and biology are combined, the outcome will be fantastic. Recently, the successful printing of 3D heart has amazed the world on the 15th of April. Scientists of Tel Aviv University have printed the first ever three-dimensional engineered heart by using the patient’s biological materials and cells. The cellular elements of the patient’s tissue are used as ink to print. The medical innovation was published in advanced science. Previously, the heart was printed without vessels, only with unaffected tissues.
The complex human heart structure is minimal almost equal to the size of a rabbit’s heart. The complex model of the heat with cardiac patches is created with the cellular materials of the patient. The process started with the biopsy of fatty tissues that are taken from the patient’s body. The whole heart was constructed to teach the operation of the heart in real time. The scientists will attempt to incorporate the 3D heart in an animal model after the completion of the process. Creating functional organs is the ultimate goal behind the 3D printed tissue. Scientists have been working on the model for years. Organ printers could be available in the hospitals within ten years, says one of the scientists from Tel Aviv University, involved in the concerned project.
A laser 3D bio printed patch was created by the team of biomedical engineering scientists in the University of Minnesota. The model was designed to help the scarred tissue get healed after a heart attack. It resulted in increased capacity on functionality after the patches placed on mouse followed by a heart attack. The positive effect was seen in just four weeks after incorporating in the mouse. The 3D bio printed patch was created from structural proteins and stem cells of the human body.
Prof. Tal Dvir led the research of 3D heart at TAU’s School of Molecular cell biology and biotechnology. The heart created in this project is made up of biomaterial can also serve as bio links, says Prof. Dvir in a press statement on 15th of April. The class from which the 3D printing technique belongs is popularly known as additive manufacturing. The 3D printers are so technically advanced today, build almost everything starting from airplane parts to human organs. An Indian plastic surgeon has restored the skull of a little that is deformed to the original shape. The process was possible due to the 3D printer five years ago at Jawahar Institute of Postgraduate medical education and research.
In today’s world, heart disease becomes the leading cause of death. The heart diseases are occurring in every class of individuals. Heart transplantation is required for many patients to save them, but the shortage of organs leads to many death. The unlimited goal is to create an artificial heart which can be transplanted in the heart patients. The innovation is the combination of technology and biology to create human organs. The 3D printed heart is the model which will be incorporated in an animal model after the completion of the study and research.