SpaceX Extraordinary Cargo Mission
3D Printing Human Tissue in Space, Onboard the ISS
July Launch of Your BFF in Space
This is extraordinary technological innovation being launched to benefit humanity on earth by creating human tissue in space. A SpaceX rocket on a cargo mission will include a 3D printer that aims to produce human tissue in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The 3D printer is a cutting edge innovation from Techshot. Its formal name is 3D Bio-Fabrication Facility or BFF. This BFF could be our BFF in space.
On a Mission to Benefit Life on Earth
BFF will use adult human cells and adult proteins to 3D print viable human tissue. According to Techshot, which is a space flight equipment operator, this is a step toward producing human organs by 3D printing. They are collaborating with 3D bioprinter nScrypt on this project. There is a very real, human angle in this story. The CEO of nScrypt Ken Church had a daughter born with one lung and at the moment of birth wished doctors could create one for her. She's 24 yrs old and healthy now but he wants to enable the 3D printing of organs for those who need them.
Heart Patches Developed in Microgravity
The initial phase of this 3D printing project onboard ISS will last two years and involves creating prints of cardiac like tissue of growing thickness. The next phase through 2024 involves manufacturing heart patches in space and then testing them on small animals on earth. The value of doing this exciting technological innovation in space is the microgravity that allows the 3D printed structures to remain stable and stronger for further development, before bringing them back to earth. For a free Kindle borrow of my book "List of Best New Innovations", go to amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07NTWC3FW
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July Launch of Your BFF in Space
This is extraordinary technological innovation being launched to benefit humanity on earth by creating human tissue in space. A SpaceX rocket on a cargo mission will include a 3D printer that aims to produce human tissue in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The 3D printer is a cutting edge innovation from Techshot. Its formal name is 3D Bio-Fabrication Facility or BFF. This BFF could be our BFF in space.
On a Mission to Benefit Life on Earth
BFF will use adult human cells and adult proteins to 3D print viable human tissue. According to Techshot, which is a space flight equipment operator, this is a step toward producing human organs by 3D printing. They are collaborating with 3D bioprinter nScrypt on this project. There is a very real, human angle in this story. The CEO of nScrypt Ken Church had a daughter born with one lung and at the moment of birth wished doctors could create one for her. She's 24 yrs old and healthy now but he wants to enable the 3D printing of organs for those who need them.
Heart Patches Developed in Microgravity
The initial phase of this 3D printing project onboard ISS will last two years and involves creating prints of cardiac like tissue of growing thickness. The next phase through 2024 involves manufacturing heart patches in space and then testing them on small animals on earth. The value of doing this exciting technological innovation in space is the microgravity that allows the 3D printed structures to remain stable and stronger for further development, before bringing them back to earth. For a free Kindle borrow of my book "List of Best New Innovations", go to amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07NTWC3FW
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