Overview
Write a paper about your chosen topic - selected in Step 1.
- Your paper should consist of a title page, introduction, several paragraphs addressing the questions for your chosen topic, conclusion, and references.
- The outline you wrote in Step 1 should be your starting point, but you can make edits to the topics and details you include, and the organization of the content. Take advantage of any feedback received.
- Your paper should be 750-1500 words, excluding references and the title page.
- Use a minimum of three (3) reliable information sources. These can be different from the resources that you found in step 1 of this assignment.
- The majority of your paper should be written in your own words, in your own writing style and structure, and fully paraphrasing information from the selected information sources (just changing a few words in a sentence is not enough). Your paper should consist of less than 10% direct quotes. Quotation marks must be used at the start and end of a direct quote, followed by an in-text citation. When paraphrasing, you should also use text citations to acknowledge the source.
Bioprinting is my topic
Bioprinting. Your father has been on a waitlist for a new kidney for several years, but no match has been found. You hear about bioprinting on the news and decide to do some research so you can tell him about it. Research and address the following questions in your paper:
- What is bioprinting and how does the process work? Describe how bioprinting can form complex biomaterials, relating it to what you have learned about cells, tissues, and organs from the course readings.
- What are stem cells and how can they be used for bioprinting?
- What is bioink and how is it used for bioprinting?
- Include at least two specific examples of current research in this field. Include references to peer-reviewed scholarly papers.
- What are some of the benefits of bioprinting?
- What are the current challenges with bioprinting?
- Conclude with predictions for the future. Do you believe that your father could benefit from this technology in his lifetime? Briefly explain your reasoning.