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Strands of cow cartilage substitute for ink in a 3D bioprinting process that may one day create cartilage patches for worn out joints, according to a team of engineers. Cartilage is a good tissue to target for scale-up bioprinting because it is made up of only one cell type and has no blood vessels within the tissue.
It is also a tissue that cannot repair itself. Once cartilage is damaged, it remains damaged.Image credit: Ibrahim Ozbolat, Penn State University
