Biological structures recreated from a 3D printing technique

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London developed a 3D printing technique using cells and molecules capable to create constructs that look like biological structures.

These cells and molecules usually found in natural tissues were integrated in an ink as part of this research. The ink is similar to their original environment and has enabled researchers to analyze the functioning of cells within such an environment, on the other hand to study biological scenarios such as where cancer grows or how immune cells interact with other cells in order to bring out new drugs.


The printing technique

Researchers built structures by assembling molecules like Lego pieces using additive manufacturing. The technique precisely integrates the micro- and macroscopic control of structural features that printing provides with the molecular and nano-scale control enabled by self-assembly.



3D printing enables to break the barrier of the limited capacities of printing inks which did not actively the cells that are being printed.


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Yosra K.
