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Posted by: Jim on: 11/19/2013 10:17 PM
Reported by Laura Ungar , The Courier-Journal, "“We think we can do it in 10 years — that we can build, from a patient’s own cells, a total ‘bioficial’ heart,” said Williams, executive and scientific director of the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, a collaboration between the University of Louisville and the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence."
This technique is in the very early stages of development. The bioprinting process would would need to cells from the patient and and create a "bioink" of live cells. That would then be printed onto layers of gel which, eventually, would form whatever organ that is desired to be duplicated; heart, vein, etc. This may seem far fetched, but scientist at Cornell have already used a similar process to grow an ear. and made machines from hydrogel and heart muscle. So I'm thinking that Dr. Williams time table may not be too far off.
This technique is in the very early stages of development. The bioprinting process would would need to cells from the patient and and create a "bioink" of live cells. That would then be printed onto layers of gel which, eventually, would form whatever organ that is desired to be duplicated; heart, vein, etc. This may seem far fetched, but scientist at Cornell have already used a similar process to grow an ear. and made machines from hydrogel and heart muscle. So I'm thinking that Dr. Williams time table may not be too far off.
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