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February 21, 2012 07:27 pm PST
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Printing human tissue for drug testing
A start-up called Organovo uses a 3D printer to build a variety of human tissue types, from cardiac muscle to blood vessels. The company hopes to eventually print entire organs for transplant from feedstock of a patient's own cells, thereby reducing the likelihood of rejection. But in the meantime, the 3D printed tissue could be [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/rZiq4BNknMQ/printing-human-tissue-for-drug.html
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