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Beyond cloning: toward human printing.
Futurist, The, May, 2003 by Vladimir Mironov
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Need a liver transplant? you may one day be able to drop off some cells at the doctor's office and wait while a machine manufactures a fresh new organ, especially for you. a tissue engineer describes technologies that could make it happen.
A promising new tool for repairing the human body is arising from the convergence of three distinct research areas: rapid prototyping, smart polymers, and cell adhesion. The result will be what we might call organ manufacturing or printing.
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