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3D printer’s ink which is alive!

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Researchers and scientist are pushing the way we perceive our future which is obviously undefined. Adding another feather to the cap, researchers demonstrated that by using bacterium Acetobacter xylinum, that can make living materials degrading toxins and facilitating transplantation of organs.

The earlier 3D printer used metal and plastics as their inks, which were great for making artificial bones and other structures including superstrong steels etc. This new ink which uses bacteria as there ink which is, in fact, alive in form of cellulose and unlike

courtesy:- Science Advance

metal and plastic flexible. This flexibility, as well as adaptability to its surrounding environment, makes it perfect for skin replacement and coating of biomedical devices that help patients against organ rejection. The range of potential applications for 3D-printed materials is degrading environmental toxins, making vitamins, generating chemical energy through photosynthesis—that is not possible with nonliving inks. In future, we can also hope for the cosmetic industries could be using this 3D ink in expending their customer satisfaction.