Bioprinting: To Make Ourselves Anew

by Kenneth Douglas

Of the 121,000 people on donor lists in the U.S., over 100,000 need kidney transplants and thousands die each year while waiting. Bioprinting aspires to build healthy kidney tissue from a patient's own cells and transplant this to boost failing kidneys without fear of rejection...

As the 21st century dawned, a handful of inspired scientists tried to use 3D printing to create living human tissue. Their vision was to restore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190943548
• ISBN13: 9780190943547
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"