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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."

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  1. I bet by idontgno · · Score: 5, Funny

    the ink will almost be as expensive as HP's.

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    1. Re:I bet by unformed · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, they're going to charge an arm and a leg for this.

  2. The obvious market driver is... by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...porn. :)

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  3. Fifth Element by ichthus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This, obviously, will remind several of us SciFi fans of the reconstruction scene in the Fifth Element -- which I am too lazy to track down and link right now, so I'll let some other person whore for the karma instead.

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    1. Re:Fifth Element by el3mentary · · Score: 4, Informative

      You mean this scene I assume.

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