Neat News 1202 (added 2019-04-16)

3D-printed heart

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Using material from a human, a scaled-down version of a human heart has been printed using a 3D-printer. This is an important step on the long way to such a heart beating in the chest of a human. Such a printed heart would not cause an immune reaction since it would be built from the patient's own genetic material.

News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Science News