Scientists can 3D print human heart tissue now. The future is here

Digital Trends ^ | June 29, 2018 | Luke Dormehl

[2ndDivisionVet]

Think about what that means. Instead of waiting on a long list from an organ donor and then, if you receive one have to take medicine forever so your body doesn't reject what it (rightly) sees as a foreign object you just have your own tissue printed into any organ you need.

[taxcontrol]

Moving closer to the day were all organs can be printed. Would love to see pancreas, kidney, and liver being 3d printed.

[TheZMan]

3d printing, blah blah.

“blood cells, reprogram them back into stem cells, reprogram them again to make the different type of cells”

I apparently missed when we figured out how to do this...

[Slyfox]

No more prisoners being killed for their organs.

[cymbeline]

I think the role of the 3d printer in the creation of bodily tissue is that the 3d printer picks up complete cells or possibly groups of cells and deposits them in a manner that builds up the desired tissue.

Individual cells aren’t being created by 3d printing.

Let me know if I’m wrong.

[clearcarbon]

Start by printing veins for bypass surgery.

[Ciaphas Cain]

Can we print up a brain for Maxine Waters?

[orlop9]

Can we print up a brain for Maxine Waters?

Did that already, as you can see the beta testing has indicated a step or two backward. Oddly enough they're having the same issue with Nancy Pelosi, they did clear up the drooling issues though.

[erlayman]

Fully functional replacements for bones, tissues or organs is an incredible ground breaking concept. Hopefully the technology will be clinically available in a decade or less.

[entropy12]

Best Hilarious post of the day!

[neverevergiveup]

This is hype, and is a very long way from being clinically useful or important.

[entropy12]

As soon as we find a quick cure for the common cold, which causes more lost work-days than any other days, I will become a fan.

[Salvavida]

Print me a kidney, stat.

[entropy12]

As is most of the 3-D printing propaganda. I am still waiting for a quick cure of the common cold.

[Hot Tabasco]

No more prisoners being killed for their organs.

And no more Las Vegas gamblers waking up in their hotel room bathtubs missing their livers..........

[mabarker1]

NO!!! We need that nutcase to go away sooner than later.

[TheNext]

I knew a woman who had no heart. She was very cold.

I could have used a 3D heart printer.

[jcon40]

God already invented it ... the Elderberry. Works on flues too !

[Pontiac]

Can we print up a brain for Maxine Waters?

They did using her own stem cells.

But the new brain was no improvement over the original.

Apparently, the insanity is congenital.

[SharpRightTurn]

This sounds like it is a major step forward.