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| Ink-jet print a new organ using cells instead of ink... |
| 2008-10-22 |
| Japanese scientist Makoto Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human organs. The idea is for the printer to jet out thousands of cells per second -- rather than ink droplets -- and to build them up into a three-dimensional organ. "It would be like building a huge skyscraper on a micro level using different kinds of cells and other materials instead of steel beams, concrete and glass," he told AFP in this city in central Japan. "Ultimately I hope to make a heart," said Nakamura, professor at the graduate school of science and technology for research at the state-run University of Toyama. While Nakamura says it would take him some 20 years to develop a heart, the feat could pave the way to mass produce "good hearts" for patients waiting for transplants. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #4 Ultimately I hope to make a heart. What good is that? My first wife has one she's never used. |
| Posted by: GORT 2008-10-22 12:27 |
| #3 So, can they make a photocopy of my penis, but enlarged? I think we should focus on the useful organ grafts, here, people. Posted by anonymous5089 Well at least that'd put an end to 1/3 of the spam in my In Box. |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-10-22 10:59 |
| #2 So, can they make a photocopy of my penis, but enlarged? I think we should focus on the useful organ grafts, here, people. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-22 10:53 |
| #1 Call me when they can grow a pituitary gland. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-22 06:04 |