Russia’s low gravity 3D bioprinter destroyed in Soyuz MS-10 failure

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3D Printing Industry by Beau Jackson October 16th 2018

The Organ.Aut 3D bioprinter, tipped to be the first of its kind to make it aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has been incinerated in a failed launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spaceflight.

3D bioprinted thyroids and Fabion

3D Bioprinting Solutions is an arm of INVITRO, the largest private medical company in Russia. It was founded by Hesuani and INVITRO Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alexander Ostrovsky in 2013.

The following year, the company announced the successful development of its first 3D bioprinter, Fabion, believed by the team to be “one of the most multifunctional bioprinters in the world in terms of printing possibilities with different materials.”

Then, in 2015 Vladimir Mironov, 3D Bioprinting Solutions’ Head of Research, presented the successful implantation of a Fabion-printed mouse thyroid at the Biofabrication conference in Utrecht.

Working with spheroids

As shown in an demonstration video from 3D Bioprinting Solutions, Fabion, like the Kenzan method, seems to fabricate tissues from cell-containing spheroids.

The bioprinter relies on a gelatinous (possibly hydrogel) bed, to hold deposited spheres of biological matter in place. After each printed layer, the supportive gel is replenished to hold the next layer of spheres and so on until the desired shape is created.

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