You May Soon Print Your Kidney and Heart! Turkish German Scientist Creates Transparent Human Organs With 3D Printers
According to Daily Mail, researchers in Germany have created transparent human organs using a new technology that could pave the way to print three-dimensional body parts such as kidneys for transplants.
Scientists led by Ali Erturk at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich have developed a technique that uses a solvent to make organs such as the brain and kidneys transparent.
The organ is then scanned by lasers in a microscope that allows researchers to capture the entire structure, including the blood vessels and every single cell in its specific location.
Using this blueprint, researchers print out the scaffold of the organ.
They then load the 3D printer with stem cells which act as 'ink' and are injected into the correct position making the organ functional.
Erturk says "I believe we are much closer to a real human organ for the first time now."
Erturk's team plan to start by creating a bioprinted pancreas over the next 2-3 years and also hope to develop a kidney within 5-6 years.
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