Printing a human kidney

Dr Shock
March 10, 2011
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Amazing

Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala’s young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.

 

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One Response to “Printing a human kidney”

  1. it can minimize the risk implanting wrong kidneys…

    2. markus on March 19th, 2011 at 3:05 pm

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