Printing Organs: The Future of Transplantation with Shaochen Chen, PhD

In this episode, Gabriel Schnickel, MD, MPH, sits down with Shaochen Chen, PhD, to discuss using 3D bioprinting to develop functional, patient-specific livers. Chen is a professor in the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering who is exploring the rapidly advancing field of 3D bioprinting and its potential to transform transplantation.Chen describes his journey from studying mechanical engineering and laser-based manufacturing to light-based bioprinting technologies capable of building complex living tissue. Together, Chen and Schnickel explore the scientific, technological and human implications of a future where organs may be engineered rather than donated — and what that could mean for patients, clinicians and the transplant ecosystem. Read more about 3D bioprinting organs: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/arpa-h-project-awarded-at-uc-san-diego-aims-to-end-liver-transplant-sh…The podcast is produced by Leila Adler with theme music by Geoff Bowman.The views expressed by guests featured on the REIMAGINE Podcast are those of the individual, and do not represent the opinions of UC San Diego.