We’re Getting Closer to Mass Production of Bones, Organs, and Implants

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We’re Getting Closer to Mass Production of Bones, Organs, and Implants
The hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone, and they’ll both be made by 3D printers.

by Adam Popescu
April 28, 2017, 2:59 AM GMT+8
From  BloombergBusinessWeek

Medical researchers have been able to create certain kinds of living cells with 3D printers for more than a decade. Now a few companies are getting closer to mass production of higher-order tissues (bone, cartilage, organs) and other individually tailored items, including implants. This kind of precision medicine, treating patients based on their genes, environment, and lifestyle, could herald the end of long organ donor lists and solve other problems, too.

Organovo Holdings Inc.
Based in San Diego; 120 employees

What Organovo has successfully transplanted human liver tissue into mice to cure chronic liver failure. Pending the success of human trials, possible applications include the $3 billion market for inherited conditions such as hemophilia.

Who Ten-year-old Organovo, co-founded by bioprinting pioneer Gabor Forgacs, a professor at the University of Missouri, has received more than $100 million in funding for its development of 3D-printed tissues. The company uses bioprinted tissue to test drug toxicity and effectiveness on behalf of Big Pharma companies including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Merck & Co.

Next Steps The company says it plans to begin human clinical trials by 2020. It’s also developing printable bone tissue for skeletal disease research and co-developing 3D-printed skin with L’Oréal SA.

More details in https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...d-implants
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(28-04-2017, 05:13 PM)cyclone Wrote: We’re Getting Closer to Mass Production of Bones, Organs, and Implants
The hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone, and they’ll both be made by 3D printers.

by Adam Popescu
April 28, 2017, 2:59 AM GMT+8
From  BloombergBusinessWeek

Medical researchers have been able to create certain kinds of living cells with 3D printers for more than a decade. Now a few companies are getting closer to mass production of higher-order tissues (bone, cartilage, organs) and other individually tailored items, including implants. This kind of precision medicine, treating patients based on their genes, environment, and lifestyle, could herald the end of long organ donor lists and solve other problems, too.

Organovo Holdings Inc.
Based in San Diego; 120 employees

What Organovo has successfully transplanted human liver tissue into mice to cure chronic liver failure. Pending the success of human trials, possible applications include the $3 billion market for inherited conditions such as hemophilia.

Who Ten-year-old Organovo, co-founded by bioprinting pioneer Gabor Forgacs, a professor at the University of Missouri, has received more than $100 million in funding for its development of 3D-printed tissues. The company uses bioprinted tissue to test drug toxicity and effectiveness on behalf of Big Pharma companies including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Merck & Co.

Next Steps The company says it plans to begin human clinical trials by 2020. It’s also developing printable bone tissue for skeletal disease research and co-developing 3D-printed skin with L’Oréal SA.

More details in https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...d-implants

Wow, another step from science-fiction to science- fact. It will truly be remarkable if we can "print" live material but there will definitely be a chorus of people protesting against us "playing God". I believe for man-kind it has always been a three-step forward, two-step back crawl towards eutopia/progression.
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"spare parts" for humans, why not? it certainly help to give 2nd chances to people who need them..

until we can mass-produce thinking brains with souls, then we can start playing god... :O
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