3-D Printed Pigmented Human Skin
March 27, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Bioengineers in Singapore have used 3-D printing, in a two-step process, to create living, artificial human skin with appropriate pigmentation. Their strategy was to print a porous collagen structure with fibroblasts, and then deposit keratinocytes and melanocytes in pre-defined positions on the tissue substrate. Among other things, 3-D printing allowed them to control pore size, though they have not yet implanted sweat glands or hair follicles. MORE
Image Credit: Singapore Center for 3D Printing