Researchers Say They Can Use Stem Cells in 3D Printed Scaffolds to Repair Your Joints Researchers Say They Can Use Stem Cells in 3D Printed Scaffolds to Repair Your Joints What researchers call infrapatellar fat pad adipose stem cells, used in conjunction with 3D printing technology, are being employed to encourage the formation of cartilage in human tissues. The technique uses 3D scaffold-like polymeric structures to provide an engineering framework which results in the formation of 3D tissue blocks they say can be used to repair cartilage. They call them “3D printed chitosan scaffolds,” and the researchers say they’ve shown that seeding the stem cells into the devices can begin to form cartilage in just four weeks of growth. The pearlescent, cartilage-like matrix penetrated into the top layers of the “chitosan scaffold” to form a ‘cap’ atop the scaffold. Source: 3dprint/33455/3d-printed-scaffolds-joints/
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:46:36 +0000
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