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Tissue engineering in utero- the fetal environment offers a unique environment which is uniquely suit for tissue regeneration. Recent advances in fetal surgery, prenatal imaging, and minimally invasive techniques now make the fetal environment more accessible. Using tissue engineered constructs to repair of replace tissues that are diseased, damaged , or congenitally absent, one can not only take advantage of the unique... more »

I'm submitting an idea to push more research and funding in the area of Quality Control and Scale Up for 3D Biomaterial and Bioprinting in especially Pediatric Applications but also in Obstetric and Gynecologic applications.  We need to better understand how well we can reproduce devices and tissue constructs, especially for low volume applications.  Scale up of both cells and materials for even low volume applications... more »