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They're talking about bioprinting which is a rapidly developing field, with a lot of recent successes in "printing" liver tissue: https://3dprintingindustry.co
by spiralx 5y ago
They're talking about bioprinting which is a rapidly developing field, with a lot of recent successes in "printing" liver tissue:
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/tr-biofab-pulls-off-breakthrough-3d-bioprinted-liver-tissue-transplant-192682/ https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/tr-biofab-pulls-off-brea...
Being able to have a 3D printed liver is very plausible within the next decade.
https://www.3dsourced.com/guides/3d-printed-liver/ https://www.3dsourced.com/guides/3d-printed-liver/
- jacquesm 5y agoLiver is a fairly special case in that it is a sludge in a bag, a bit like kidneys and other filter organs. The subject here is a heart. There is absolutely no way that we're going to be 3d printing a heart in the foreseeable future.