New microrobot with in situ, in vivo bioprinting offers promise for gastric wounds – Science Codex

Researchers in China have taken the first step towards a new way of treating gastric wounds by using a microrobot combined with the new concept of “in situ in vivo bioprinting” to carry out tissue repair inside the body.
Their study, published today in the IOP Publishing journal Biofabrication, establishes proof-of-concept for this new method in the field of bioprinting.
Co- author Professor Tao Xu, from Tsinghua University, Beijing, said: “Gastric wall injury is a common problem in the digest…

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