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TreasonousBastard

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Mon Mar 8, 2021, 02:11 PM Mar 2021

3-D printing organs for transplant in our lifetimes? [View all]



https://www.reviewgeek.com/73200/high-speed-3d-printing-method-could-produce-human-organs-in-under-an-hour/

Biogel stereolitography is already suited to print cellular models with blood-vessel networks, although the technology is currently limited to centimeter-sized models. Scientists should be able to scale up the method, though, which will be essential for printing human-sized organs. Who knows, in the future, every hospital could be equipped with a biogel stereolithography printer to manufacture replacement organs on the fly, eliminating the need for human-to-human organ transplants.
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