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Printing New Skin: Saving Lives with Ink Jet Printers [VIDEO]|Armed with Science
By modifying an ink jet printer and growing skin cells from a patients body, an Army research lab has developed an amazing treatment for severe burns: printing new skin.
Once the patients skin cells are in a sterile ink cartridge, a computer uses a three dimensional map of the wound to guide the printing.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHz4akTdno0&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Printing New Skin: Saving Lives with Ink Jet Printers[/ame]
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By modifying an ink jet printer and growing skin cells from a patients body, an Army research lab has developed an amazing treatment for severe burns: printing new skin.
Once the patients skin cells are in a sterile ink cartridge, a computer uses a three dimensional map of the wound to guide the printing.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHz4akTdno0&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Printing New Skin: Saving Lives with Ink Jet Printers[/ame]
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Can this be happening?