Windpipe transplant success in UK child (Crafted from his Stem Cells) (news.bbc.co.uk) 17 points by dantheman 16y ago ↗ HN
[–] fendrak 16y ago ↗ Imagine the possiblities the future holds! What if we could use a 3D printer to build collagen (or similar) base strucutre, then simply deposite the raw cells onto it and expect it to grow into a new organ? Organ donors would be obsolete! [–] kiba 16y ago ↗ Let incorporate all sort of exotic technologies that's emerging out of material science as well!
[–] kiba 16y ago ↗ Let incorporate all sort of exotic technologies that's emerging out of material science as well!
[–] bh23ha 16y ago ↗ Ever better and better cancer treatment combined with ever better and better lab grown organs could make for an interesting (and expensive!) future.
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