BIMnewsmanagerComments Off on The Gates Foundation is entering the drug development business. Over the past year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has built what is essentially a nonprofit biotechnology company in Boston. They aim to develop new medicines for malaria, tuberculosis and diarrhea.
BIMnewsmanagerComments Off on Human corneas have been 3D printed for the first time. Stem cells from a healthy donor cornea were mixed with alginate, a gel derived from seaweed, and collagen to create a “bio-ink”. Using a 3D printer, this bio-ink was extruded into concentric circles to form an artificial cornea.