Re: [DIYbio] 3D printing medical devices

I went to BUGGS community lab this saturday here in Baltimore and was chatting with Tom about this technology. He and I both have been thinking about the use of this on bone and possibly ivory.
I really would like to forward an initiative = Faux' Real to see if we can harness and mass produce ivory and endangered furs to destroy the lucrative trade in poaching that continues at an accelerated pace during these trying global economic times.
I also envision synbio experiments using various custom leather epidermal/connective tissue biomaterials. It would be cool to get together some leather experts and biomaterial engineers to play with the levels of elastin, collagen, keratin in say hippo, croc, shark, rhino cells to find a means of creating bulletproof leathers or something similar.
Sound possible to anyone, perhaps a link towards a bone oriented bioprinter or something?
Ryan

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