3D Bioprinting Unpacked: Overcoming Organ Shortages & Rejection

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The future of medicine and healthcare is truly upon us. We hope that one day, we will be able to create living tissues and organs from scratch and overcome the challenges of organ shortages and organ rejection.
There are many images on the internet, on TV and in the movies, but realistically, how long away is this technology, and where are we currently at in terms of progress?
In this episode of Emerging Tech Unpacked, host Lucy Lin interviews Niina Matthews, PhD candidate at the Gentile Lab, School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney. Niina talks about how she is designing heart patches, which are a “bandage for broken hearts”, how she transitioned from a supply chain management career to a bio-engineering career, and why she is an LGBTQIA+ ally.
Discover how this groundbreaking technology is set to solve the organ donor crisis by creating personalised organs using a patient's own stem cells and significantly reducing the risk of transplant rejection.
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**Timestamp:**
00:00 Introduction and Overview
03:21 The Difference between 3D Printing vs. 3D Bioprinting
10:35 Applications of 3D Bioprinting
18:18 Misconceptions and Challenges in Bioprinting
21:03 Regulatory Process and Collaboration
28:21 Addressing the Organ Shortage
29:20 Limitations in Cardiac Transplants
31:00 Game-Changing Speed and Availability
31:57 Ensuring Access for All
36:20 Collaboration and Open-Source Software
48:00 Promoting Inclusivity and LGBTQIA+ Allyship
49:56 Pioneers in the Field
**Host Bio:**
Lucy Lin is a global marketing and education strategist. She hosts the Emerging Tech Unpacked podcast that demystifies new and emerging technologies and features the career stories of incredible women in STEM leadership. It aims to inform, engage and inspire audiences to learn more about the latest technologies and hear inspiring stories from diverse experts about their interesting backgrounds and career pathways. Outside of the podcast, Lucy is a founder of Forestlyn.com (http://forestlyn.com/), an Entrepreneur in Residence for a university and has spent the past 20 years driving change and scaling growth for startups, universities, and corporations. A global citizen, she has lived and worked in 5 countries (Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan & the UK) and champions diversity and inclusion in everything she does.
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