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Testing Bioprint FirstAid
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer testing the «Bioprint FirstAid» experiment from the German Aerospace Center, DLR. “Could astronauts print plasters from their own skin cells? We’re not quite there yet, but this ‘plaster gun’ is a bio-3D printer that produces a plaster-like covering for skin wounds from bio-ink”.
Bioprint FirstAid
ESA-Astronaut Matthias Maurer testet das Bioprint FirstAid-Experiment des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR. “Könnten Astronautinnen und Astronauten Pflaster aus ihren eigenen Hautzellen drucken? Ganz so weit sind wir noch nicht, aber diese “Pflasterpistole” ist ein Bio-3D-Drucker, der aus Biotinte eine pflasterähnliche Abdeckung für Hautwunden herstellt”.
Text: Matthias Maurer