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Scientists "Print" Human Vein With 3D Printer
An anonymous reader writes "3D Printing technology has recently leapt into a new realm — we've seen printers that can create entire buildings out of stone, delicious meals out of simple ingredients, and now — perhaps weirdest and coolest of them all — a printer that can build body parts from cells!"
Dun dun dun!
Who cares about printing.
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Since TFS didn’t:
References: 3-D Printer Creates Entire Buildings From Solid Rock, MIT’s Digital Food Printer Creates Nutritious Meals
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Red-blood-cell-gut-and-bone cartridges are not balanced to printing needs.
You are always running out of blood when you still have nearly full gut and bone reservoirs. But they make you replace the whole cart.
spam selling me down-loadable "male enhancements" for your 3d printer.... Thanks for giving them the idea...
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
Excellent! Now I can print my epidermal cells in the pattern of a new set of fingerprints, transplant that skin to my fingers, and leave traces of CmdrTaco at crime scenes across the world!
had invented a printer which had provided them with a plastic cup filled with a blob of cells that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a human vein.
But I bet the ink refills are really expensive.
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This is really interesting stuff. I think the big payoff will come when they get to the point where bone can be 'printed'. Considering all the money there is in professional athletics, the ability to 'print' new kneecaps for athletes would be huge.
But a few people will always appreciate the fine craftsmanship of an artisan heart.
I don't care if my print job caused it. I am not cleaning that disgusting vein jam out of the printer!
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For those who want two or three, perhaps? Specifically to add to other regions for convenience and multitasking?
Describing it as a "printer" implies some detail to the technique that would be missing from your description. And no, it's not really like making a car.
They're called printers because they build things in layers with positioned spraying or placement in 2D. Cars aren't printed now, but if they were it might make them cheaper.
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This is good news for fans of Star Trek food replicators. Print me out a nice filet mignon, medium well.
Actually, we have been doing scaffolding work on various body parts for years, including livers and other organs.
The hard one is the heart - the cardiovascular veins are easier to replace one by one though.
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It's typically referred as Tissue Engineering and it's been around for a while. Systems have been available for research purposes for a few years O.N.E. Technologies Material Deposition Systems
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Perhaps you should rethink your level of politeness if you ever get a chance to ask a "kung fu MJ" to blow you. Try something a little more cajoling, and little less "likely to get your little one-eyed weasel ripped off."
After the fiorst time, it should know how the hell I want my tea.
If it was truly smart it would bring me vodka.
to having our own bacta tanks!
I'm pretty sure I saw this in /. recently.
Now I can send thinly veined insults across the nets
This just begs for it.
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