Print human heart and arteries

A new technology developed by Dr. Gabor Forgacs, University of Missouri, now allows us to create human organs by printing layers of cells on a biopaper. Other tissue engineers tried to print 3D organs with a modify ink-jet printer, but now Dr. Forgacs has developed a device with printing heads that extrude clumps of cells mechanically so that they emerge one by one from a micropipette. This will increase the survival opportunity of the cells. The initial tries of chicken heart cells seems to be successful.

Here is the article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025474.300.html

Tam Nguyen