The point reached in 3D printers today paints a very positive portrait for the future. While cooking with 3D printers, the first steps of which have been taken in the past years, has become a reality these days, restaurants that manufacture in this way have also started to operate. On the other hand, studies on organ production in laboratory environments with 3D printing technique have started in recent months, and according to a new report, the first step has been taken for programmable microbial ink for 3D printing of living materials produced from genetically modified protein-based nanofibers.
According to the article published in Nature, researchers have tried to produce living material before, but it has been accepted that it is difficult to get these materials to fit the intended 3D structures. An important point has been reached for bioengineering studies, while scientists are creating a material that releases an anti-cancer drug when induced with chemicals.
Continuing their work according to the information shared in the research, the scientists aim to create self-repairing structures with the “living ink” they have developed. However, the researchers, who plan to print renewable building materials with this ink, continue their work.
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