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Organovo Has Its First Commercial 3D Bio-Printer

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the company-with-a-lot-of-heart(s) dept.

kkleiner writes "Organovo and strategic partner Invetech hope in 2010 to release a commercial version of their 3D organ printer capable of producing very basic tissues like blood vessels. While it is still limited to simple tissue structures (full organs are a long ways off), Organovo plans to deliver the printers to various research institutions interested in organ and tissue production. Working with these institutions, Organovo hopes to one day progress to creating a system that can print organs as easily as other 3D printers print plastic figurines."

2 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. You don't want to know... by SOdhner · · Score: 0, Troll

    You don't want to know how expensive the toner is.

    You also don't want to know how gorey the remake of Office Space will be.

  2. Re:I bet by unformed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Although, I guess for Jews, they might just take a pound of flesh instead.