Did you all know that 3d printing could save lifes?
We certainly did not......
Dying patients could some day get an organ on demand rather than waiting an endless waitlist to receive one from an organ donor.
Doctors and researchers are starting to use human cells to 3d print organs and different body parts for the specific patient seeking tratment.
After duplicating the cells a 3d printer is able to reproduce the perfect cellular construction needed, by printing cells layer by layer, for each specific body part using different types of cells. This is called "bioprinting"
On the one hand, printing human organs is still far away, but on the other hand small parts of organs and even bones have already been 3dprinted and used with patients.
The future is bright for the use of 3d printing in medicine. It is shown in the video bellow how it all works very briefly.
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