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A New Biopaper for Organ Printing
Roland Piquepaille writes "Organ printing is an emerging branch of medicine which uses healthy cells to repair a damaged or diseased organ. But as its name implies, this new medical technology needs ink, paper and a printer. Now, a new hydrogel -- or biopaper -- developed at the University of Utah has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to speed up this process. This five-year NSF study will initially try to print blood vessels and cardiovascular networks. But its real goal is to build some complex organs, such as livers or kidneys. This technology can potentially help millions of people waiting for transplants."
According to my e-mail inbox, i don't need to print a new one, all i need to do is just go to thier website and use a cream or pills or something and i can enlarge my organ to beyond "be1 eef" or something...
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
What I want to know is, how long before a couple of nerds try this obvious application of the technology?
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Oh good! Now I don't have to stop drinking like a fish, they can just print me a new liver.
The cartridge included with the printer runs out half way through a kidney, and then you find out the replacement cartridge costs $73,489 dollars.
Good: I can finally get a working version of my pancreas.
Bad: when I close my eyes all I can see is "PC LOAD LETTER" blinking.
"Made up/misattributed quote that makes me look smart. I am on
I wonder if I could get them to print me a new scalp with hair that doesn't fall out? :-)
"Sorry about the dimensions of your new organ. We couldn't get the printer off 'Landscape mode'".
I can think of a few organs that I'd like to print... But is it USB 2.0 compatible?
sorry... sorry...
If you're going to be printing new 'organs', why not go all the way and use legal-sized paper?
The only question is, should you use black ink to keep it realistic?
Biopaper == Fruit roll-ups for zombies!!
Could we use this to print really fine cuts of beef for pennies? Being a geek, I find this particularly interesting because it means I could cook without leaving my computer.
And I thought my P.O.S. Epson 777 made a mess when it jammed....imagine the scene when a spleen gets stuck in there.
Does life begin when the printer stops, when the job hits the printer buffer, when it's queued, or when the user clicks the Print button? Should canceling a print job be a crime?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
1/- Identity theft will take on a whole new dimension. 2/- "Second hand" shops will start springing up everywhere.