Doctors might one day be able to ‘print’ the living body parts they need for surgery, including blood vessels and entire organs.The astonishing breakthrough is known as bio-printing and it could make the transplant list a thing of the past.
Currently patients on the transplant list have to wait months or even years before a suitable organ becomes available.
But the 3D bio-printer, developed by US firm Organovo, is already capable of growing arteries and its developers say that arteries ‘printed’ by the device could be used in heart bypass surgery in as little as five years ... READ MORE http://www.dailymail.co.uk
