Engineering Personalized Tissue Implants: From 3D Printing to Bionic Organs
Tal Dvir, Professor, Tel Aviv University
In this talk I will describe cutting-edge technologies for engineering
functional tissues and organs, including the heart, brain, spinal cord
and retina. I will focus on the design of new biomaterials, mimicking
the natural microenvironment, or releasing biofactors to promote stem
cell recruitment and tissue protection. In addition, I will discuss the
development of patient-specific materials and 3D-printing of
personalized vascularized tissues and organs. Finally, I will show a new
direction in tissue engineering, where, micro and nanoelectronics are
integrated within engineered tissues to form cyborg tissues.
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