Life Sciences News: 3-D Printing Cells and Moving, Feeling Prosthetic Arm
September 19, 2019
The Fine Print: University of Utah Engineers Develop Process to 3-D Print Cells to Produce Human Tissue Such as Ligaments and Tendons
“’It will allow patients to receive replacement tissues without additional surgeries and without having to harvest tissue from other sites, which has its own source of problems,’ says University of Utah biomedical engineering assistant professor Robby Bowles, who co-authored the paper along with former U biomedical engineering master’s student, David Ede.” Read the whole story on UNews
Robby Bowles; Photo Courtesy of UNews
Prosthetic Arm Can Move and Feel: University of Utah Engineers Help Develop Motorized Prosthetic Arm That Can Sense Touch, Move With Your Thoughts
“…the team, led by U biomedical engineering associate professor Gregory Clark, has developed a way for the “LUKE Arm” (so named after the robotic hand that Luke Skywalker got in “The Empire Strikes Back”) to mimic the way a human hand feels objects by sending the appropriate signals to the brain.” Read the whole story on UNews
Kevin Walgamott; Photo Courtesy of UNews
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