3-D Body Part Printer
The 3-D Body Part Printer Actually makes body parts, and is
still being researched.
This New Printer Will Drive the Medical Technology Age up
because of what it does.
Like when someone has a liver that doesn’t work they could
just replace it and live longer! “The parts are created by nozzles laying
down fine sedimentary layers of material that build a product indistinguishable
from an item that has rolled off a factory conveyor belt.” Now Your Probably
asking, How does it Stay alive? Every time a layer is put down, Real human
cells are put in the layers so the “ear” looks a little weird but its real!
I think This New technology will be
safe in many ways, like instead of it being Robotic, it looks and feels more
real and it has real human cells. And this is Good because if you take the
patients cells and multiply them, and use them in the 3d printer, it will be
less likely the body will rebel from it.
“The
company has printed strips of human liver tissue in its labs, although they are
still very small: four by four by one millimeter, or about one-fourth the size
of a dime. Each strip takes about 45 minutes to print, and it takes another two
days for the cells to grow and mature, said Organovo CEO Keith Murphy. The
models can then survive for about 40 days.
Organovo has also built models of human
kidneys, bone, cartilage, muscle, blood vessels and lung tissue, he said.
"Basically what it allows you to
do is build tissue the way you assemble something with Legos," Murphy
said. "So you can put the right cells in the right places. You can't just
pour them into a mold."”
This is how you make the Models, I
Think it is a cool thing how they can build and make bones and all these
organs! If this starts to come how soon, I think people will have better lives.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/24/medical-implants-drive-3d-printer-growth
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/3d-printed-body-parts-go-mainstream
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