Printing a human kidney


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DATE: Oct. 2, 2015, 11:55 p.m.

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  2. http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney
  3. Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.

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