3D printing spinout
18 April 2014
Hertford’s Professor of Chemical Biology, Hagan Bayley’s research into 3D printing of synthetic tissue will be developed by a spin-out company, OxSyBio. As Hagan explains, the techniques aim to produce synthetic human tissue for organ repair or replacement:
Our long-term goal is to develop a synthetic-tissue printer that a surgeon can use in the operating theatre. In ten years’ time, the use of pieces of synthetic tissue will be commonplace. The fabrication of complex synthetic organs is a more distant prospect.