Bioprinting Tissues… Would you print a tissue if you could?
By now, you know that cells make up tissues and that these cells work together to perform a specific function. The cells that make up most tissues are constantly being replaced and repaired, mainly because those cells have a good blood supply and are in contact with nutrients and oxygen. What happens those nutrients and oxygen is cut off? Those cells cannot get what they need to proliferate, right? In turn, that tissue suffers and perhaps the organ suffer and might even begin to shut down. A person might get put on a donor list. Well, what if we could use biotechnology to use and “print” organs? Crazy, right…
Students will watch the video presented by TED Ed titled “How to print 3D human tissue” and then answer the following in your response:
summarize the video in your own words (summary should be a paragraph consisting of five [5] sentences)
if you were in need of a donor organ, meniscus, or large blood vessel like an artery, would you accept one that was bioprinted? why or why not?
what are the pros and cons of bioprinted structures including organs?
what is future for bioprinting, if any?
Responses should be at least two to three paragraphs, each containing no fewer than five (5) well written sentences.
