Cosy science presents: Customised grafts in minutes- The Power of Tissue Engineering for Healthcare.

When we think of tissue engineering our present image is most likely to be one of GROWING the spare parts we need from cells in a bioreactor. But there is a quiet revolution which might flip that image to one where we really can FABRICATE living tissues. We can already make simple, living tissues in minutes, The ability to fabricate living ‘tissues’ is opening up exciting opportunities for animal sparing-drug screening and disease assessment; as well as for surgical implants. These made-tissues are the same every time, economical (mass-produced) and made in almost any (designable) shape, strength or content we wish. So much so that we can make tissues which are never found in the body. In this, the revolution is not ‘coming’, it is here now.