Listen to some of the background workings with Natasha Mitchell, on ABC Radio National's Science Friction program, towards healing tissue with our seaweed extracts.
The mind-blowing medical frontier of 3D BIOprinting.
Skin and other body bits, perhaps even whole organs - surgeons are already on board with the science.
Meet pioneers at the cutting edge (literally in some cases).
Guests:
Professor Susan Dodds
Bioethicist
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Industry Engagement) and Professor of Philosophy
La Trobe University
Professor Gordon Wallace
Electromaterials scientist
Australian Laureate Fellow and the Executive Director of ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
Director, Translational Research Initiative for Cellular Engineering and Printing (TRICEPS)
University of Wollongong
Pia Winberg
Marine biologist
Director and Chief Scientist
Venus Shell Systems
Professor Fiona Wood
Director of the Burns Service of Western Australia
Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
Winthrop Professor (Burns Injury Research Unit)
School of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine UWA.
