Innovative Idea Of The Day (IIOD): Printing Organs
Every once in a while somebody comes up with a seemingly impossible idea. Professor Nakamura from the University of Toyama has literally started “printing” biological, three dimentional objects using modified ink jet printer technology, with hopes of being able to print a heart in the future. If this technology is ever perfected, the benefits could be huge; custom made “rejection proof” organs, stem cells etc.
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