Re: 3-D printers for tissue tubes etc.

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 01:12:48 MST


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Subject: 3-D printers for tissue tubes etc.
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:00:06 +1100
From: avatar <avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au>
Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org

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  http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993292

*Ink-jet printing creates tubes of living tissue*

19:00 22 January 03

Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition
<http://www.newscientist.com/inprint>

Three-dimensional tubes of living tissue have been printed using
modified desktop printers filled with suspensions of cells instead of
ink. The work is a first step towards printing complex tissues or even
entire organs.



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