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Interesting, but not as new as they'd like you to think (article below from 2004, and the article mentions organ printing first being mentioned in 1999). http:
by graeham 14y ago
Interesting, but not as new as they'd like you to think (article below from 2004, and the article mentions organ printing first being mentioned in 1999).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12679063 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12679063
Tissue engineering has been the "next big thing" in biotech for a while, and 3D printing-style techniques have been a part of it for some time. It seems that its only recently been picked up by mainstream media.
- newhouseb 14y agoYeah, here's a TED talk from 2011 about it: http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidn... I remember seeing this talk in person (spoiler alert) and midway through they dragged this up kid on stage who has been living with a bladder built via similar means for 10 years! Closest I've felt to Rip Van Winkle in my life.