mattpanico:purplespacecats:laboratoryequipment:Bioengineers Print Working, Realistic EarsCornell bio
mattpanico:purplespacecats:laboratoryequipment:Bioengineers Print Working, Realistic EarsCornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born with a congenital deformity called microtia.In a study published online in PLOS One, Cornell biomedical engineers and Weill Cornell Medical College physicians described how 3D printing and injectable gels made of living cells can fashion ears that are practically identical to a human ear. Over a three-month period, these flexible ears grew cartilage to replace the collagen that was used to mold them.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/02/bioengineers-print-working-realistic-earsI can’t even with science. We can print ears now?!?!?I’d like to point out that Cami tagged this with #Engineering! because it’s engineering and not basic science* and also THIS IS TOTALLY MY SHIT. WHAT UP, WORLD? WE CAN PRINT EARS!*Yes, a lot of basic science went into developing this capability. I love you, scientists.Science and Engineering are like these badass high-fiving partners making the world an awesome place -- source link