Printing Replacement Body Parts 101
Deep Penguin sends in a piece that appeared in The Economist a couple of weeks back about a developing technology to "print" body parts for transplant. "A US and an Australian company have developed the $200,000 machine, which works by depositing stem cells and a 'sugar-based hydrogel' scaffolding material. (The stem cells are harvested from a transplant patient's own fat and bone marrow, to avoid rejection down the line.) The companies are Organovo, from San Diego, specializing in regenerative medicine, and Invetech, an engineering and automation firm in Melbourne, Australia. The initial targets are skin, muscle, and 'short stretches of blood vessels,' which they hope to have available for human implantation within five years. Down the line, they expect the technology could even print directly into the body, bypassing the in-vitro portion of the current process."
Count-down (Score:5, Funny)
Sysadmin must update (Score:2, Funny)
"Surprise Her !!!, Print an enlarged Pen**, 80% off" must be blocked
Re:Count-down (Score:4, Funny)
Science Fiction (Score:5, Funny)
think 5th Element... now everyone can get their own Lee-Loo!
Obligatory. (Score:4, Funny)
PC LOAD LETTER? What the fuck does that mean?
Re:Invetech? (Score:3, Funny)
But please without aliasing! (Score:3, Funny)
Apart from it looking horrible, aliasing stairways are the antithesis to stability of an object. E.g. a bone with aliasing would be much less stable. And don’t even think about lying on it and not causing painful pressure points.
No thanks. I like my body parts casted or grown.
Re:Science Fiction (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Count-down (Score:5, Funny)
I'm more curious about whether or not they print in letter, legal... or tabloid sizes.
Typical printer tactics (Score:5, Funny)
Re:But please without aliasing! (Score:3, Funny)
Apart from it looking horrible, aliasing stairways are the antithesis to stability of an object. E.g. a bone with aliasing would be much less stable. And don’t even think about lying on it and not causing painful pressure points.
No thanks. I like my body parts casted or grown.
You are so 20th century.
Re:I bet consumables are expensive (Score:3, Funny)