How close are we to use 3D tissue engineered bone…
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How close are we to use 3D tissue engineered bone, connective tissue, nerves, skin and cartilage for ear, nose and craniofacial reconstruction applications?
The first tissue engineered ear was already created in the 90s, we can do great things with bioprinting, scaffold designs and hydrogels, yet the technology always seems out of reach. Now that those tissues are approaching native properties, and costs hopefully go down, we should be able to see them appear in clinics, but other than unique cases I have not seen it yet.
When do we expect costs to have come down enough for routine availability? Would joint cartilage engineering bring down costs for nasal cartilage engineering too (by combining culturing technologies or growth factor batches for example)?
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The first tissue engineered ear was already created in the 90s, we can do great things with bioprinting, scaffold designs and hydrogels, yet the technology always seems out of reach. Now that those tissues are approaching native properties, and costs hopefully go down, we should be able to see them appear in clinics, but other than unique cases I have not seen it yet.
When do we expect costs to have come down enough for routine availability? Would joint cartilage engineering bring down costs for nasal cartilage engineering too (by combining culturing technologies or growth factor batches for example)?
#technology
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