Current Event
In the article, “Researchers Have 3D-Printed Usable Human Bones and Muscles,” the author explains that 3d printing body parts has become a reality. Researchers at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have been developing a new type of 3D printed called the “Integrated Tissue and Organ Printing System.” This printer prints out organs, bones and muscles in two layers to make sure that the organ is accurate to its real life counterpart. This invention has the potential to help the 120,000+ people waiting to receive an organ. It is said that 20 people die a day waiting for an organ that will never come and this invention may save 20 lives a day. The doctors who made this printer have already tried their bones and tissue on animals and it worked. The animals new tissue developed their own blood vessels which signifies that it worked. Also, the scientist worked on human jaws and ears. Even though these parts are not ready yet they could be available soon which would help people who need a need ear after a fire or people who broke thier jaw. This article impressed me because it shows that modern medicine is nowhere near the end of ingenuity. After they learn to print some body parts they will probably learn to print all the rest making the amount of people dieing from lack of an organ almost zero.
I have heard of countless stories of people dieing from a lack of an organ donor. I am very fortunate to not know anyone who died from lack of an organ, but I have, met people who have been unfortunate to have someone they know die from this unfortunate circumstance. With this new technology a lot less people will die, which is huge on its own, but less lives will be affected with tragedy. One very minute negative I can think about this technology is that people who need money in a pinch will not be able to sell their organs. This obviously does not matter in the slightest when you think about all the lives that this will be saving.
This article did a very good job of explaining why this technology will have a great effect on our country and the world. It gave very heavy and meaningful statistics where it needed to and overall proved its point very well. My one complaint for this article is that it only focuses on one team of Scientist work in this department. I know that there is a lot of other teams making discoveries that should be pointed out and it is disappointing that they only cover one in their article. They could improve this by looking for more teams that are working to 3D print body parts.
Works Cited
Brueck, Hilary. "Researchers Have 3D-Printed Usable Human Bones and Muscles." Fortune Researchers Have 3DPrinted Usable Human Bones and Muscles Comments. Fortune, 15 Feb. 2016. Web. 04 Oct. 2016. <http://fortune.com/2016/02/16/3d-printed-ear-wake-forest/>.
my classmate Matthew Pyosh did a good job at reviewing "Reviewing Have 3-d Printed U usable Hands and Muscles". Firstly He did a good job making a personal connection. Secondly he specificed on how many lives this technology could save, which accounts to 20 lives a day. Also he gives a lot of insight on the matter. A way he could have reviewed the article beget would be to more specific on the effect of getting the 3d body part had on the patient, also he could say in specificed on who the stories are actually about rather than just saying he heard about it.
ReplyDeleteIs amazing how technology is I is evolving in order to change people's lives for the better
Citation:
ReplyDeleteBrueck, Hilary. "Researchers Have 3D-Printed Usable Human Bones and Muscles." Fortune
Researchers Have 3DPrinted Usable Human Bones and Muscles Comments. N.p., 15 Feb. 2016. Web. 13 Oct. 2016. .
My classmate, Matthew Pytosh, wrote a very insightful review on the article “Researchers Have 3D-Printed Usable Human Bones and Muscles,” by Hilary Brueck. Matthew did an amazing job of giving specific details from the text. All of the examples included facts, and location names directly from the article. This gave the reader a good basic understanding the topic. Also, Matthew used simple sentence and phrases that can be easily understood at all levels and ages. No thoughts were over complicated and straightforward vocabulary was utilized. Lastly, I think the topic for the review was well chosen and can be very relevant to the lives of many people. This allowed the reader to be interested and engaged a all times.
There were a couple of areas that could have been improved in the review. To start, I found many spelling errors throughout the review. These words only had small problems and could be easily fixed through spell check and reading through the review before submitting. Also many grammar mistakes existed in the piece such as missing commas or improper punctuation. This was minor and could be aided through editing or peer editing with another student. These actions will ensure fewer mistakes throughout the review.
I was shocked when Matthew wrote that over 120,000 people are waiting for an organ each day. I was even more surprised to find out that about 20 people die per day waiting for these organs. Now, with the 3D printer creating usable organs, bones, and muscles, these people in need of an organ can be saved. I find this fact to be absolutely amazing as we are creating technologies that can affect the lives of so many individuals on a daily basis.
Caitlin Mooney 10/13/16
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My classmate Matthew did a current event review on the article, “Researchers Have 3D-Printed Usable Human Bones and Muscles” by Hilary Brueck. In the article Brueck explained how at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center there is a 3D printer that prints organs bones and muscle. I think that Matthew did a great job on this review, one of the reasons I think this is because he made a good connection to the relevance of this article in society. Matthew explained how many people die because of an organ they need replaced, this is important because it makes the reader understand how the 3D printer could help save lives. Another thing that improved the review was how Matthew talked about specific parts of the body the the 3D printer was replacing. An example of this is when he told the reader that ears were going to be printed for people who had lost them in fires. Finally I liked how Matthew included statistics that helped show how much the 3D printer would help. One statistic that Matthew included was that 20 people die everyday waiting for an organ.
Although I think that Matthew did a good job overall I still think there are some ways to improve his review. One way to improve his review is that he could have credited the author in the beginning of the article so readers wouldn’t have to go to the citation to find out who wrote the article. Similarly Matthew could have listed names of scientist who worked on or are working on the printer to make the review more credible.
Overall I think Matthew did a great job on his review because I learned about new life saving technology that I had never heard of before. This review makes me think about how with tools like these people may not have to wait for others to die for them to live another day. And how those 20 people who die every day may be able to live thanks to new technology. I find it very interesting how a machine like this could affect so many lives for the better.
Citation:
Brueck, Hilary. "Researchers Have 3D-Printed Usable Human Bones and Muscles." Fortune Researchers Have 3DPrinted Usable Human Bones and Muscles Comments. Fortune, 15 Feb. 2016. Web. 04 Oct. 2016.
http://fortune.com/2016/02/16/3d-printed-ear-wake-forest/
Pytosh, Matthew. "Bronxville HS Core Biology." Bronxville HS Core Biology. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 13 Oct. 2016.
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