Definition of "bioprinting" [bioprinting]

• The construction of a biological structure by computer-aided, automatic, layer-by-layer deposition, transfer, and patterning of small amounts of biological material (noun)

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• "The technique is known as bioprinting, and it makes use of special 3D printers, attached to computers running bio-programs, to help fabricate small sections of human tissue."
• "Enter Gabor Forgacs, a biophysicist at the University of Missouri – he has developed a new bioprinting technique that could be used to create complex tissue structures such as veins far more efficiently than previous methods allowed."
• "Organovo start-up is working on bioprinting tech that could eventually make it possible to use specialized 3D printers to repair or replace blood vessels."