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Off Topic Forums => Off Topic Forum => Topic started by: diannastarr on November 10, 2014, 09:41:07 am
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Does anybody here watch The Tonight Show? Last week Jimmy Fallon mentioned there was an advance in 3D printing that could lead to a new liver. I've been googling by can't find anything recent. I did find this piece on CNN from April.
The next frontier in 3-D printing: Human organs
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/03/tech/innovation/3-d-printing-human-organs/
Anybody see anything more recent? Just wondering how close this might be to becoming reality.
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Does anybody here watch The Tonight Show? Last week Jimmy Fallon mentioned there was an advance in 3D printing that could lead to a new liver. I've been googling by can't find anything recent. I did find this piece on CNN from April.
The next frontier in 3-D printing: Human organs
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/03/tech/innovation/3-d-printing-human-organs/
Anybody see anything more recent? Just wondering how close this might be to becoming reality.
Read this: http://www.wakehealth.edu/Research/WFIRM/Projects/Human-Liver.htm
I asked my IDS about this last visit and it's in the early stages of development. This is the hospital where I am under care.
Bucky