3D-Printed Ear Comes To Life After Implantation In Mice (gizmag.com) 25
Zothecula writes: 3D printed tissues and organs have shown real potential in addressing shortages of available donor tissue for people in need of transplants, but having them take root and survive after implantation has proven difficult to achieve. In a positive move for the technology, researchers used a newly-developed 3D printer to produce human-scale muscle structures that matured into functional tissue after being implanted into animals.
Which human-sized structure was implanted? (Score:3)
>> human-scale muscle structures that matured into functional tissue after being implanted into mice
So which human-size structure did you implant OH MY GOD THAT MOUSE IS HUNG LIKE A HORSE!!!
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I can't possibly be the only one who saw that episode of south park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]!
AC because I don't watch that show....
Wow (Score:2)
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Wow. 3 posts so far and they were all about a certain part of the male anatomy. Congrats slashdot.
Remember when Slashdot was for techies not 10 yo boys?
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>> Remember when Slashdot was for techies not 10 yo boys?
Many of us stuck around because SlashDot has always been great for techies who behave like 10 yo boys.
Are you sure you wouldn't be happier here: http://www.itworld.com/ [itworld.com] ?
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You UID suggests you haven't been here long enough to remember that. You couldn't even make that claim in 2002.
I forgot the password to my eskimo.com old account, I had a 4 digit UID. I was rolling code before you were in diapers. Let's shift our bits in our two registers, pull from the magnetic cassette tape, and print to the plotter, shall we?
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I was rolling code before you were in diapers.
You have nothing to support that claim.
Well I do have an old JPEG of one of your diapers with some code I wrote on it, but your mom's in the pic, and since she's not wearing anything, it might not be legal to upload it ...
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That could be because of this [gizmag.com].
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Make that four. Thanks for your contribution!
his name was 'Vincent' (Score:2)
the missing part... (Score:3)
the lead researcher was quoted as say, "it's alive! IT'S ALIVE!"
Now that all of the possible jokes are posted... (Score:2)
How about some real applications for this. For example, the articular cartilage in my shoulder (the cartilage cap on the humerus) has worn away completely. In addition, my labrum, and the menisci in my knees are screwed (thanks American football!) and will need eventual operations.
Nowadays people simply get the whole shoulder/knee/hip replaced and it's never the same. It would have been wonderful if the surgeon could have replaced that tissue with new cartilage as opposed to microfractures or teflon equi
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