Woman given a new 3D-printed windpipe in a world-first - eviltoast
  • maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    8 months ago

    On the face of it, to my layman brain, this sound insanely good. I mean, imagine that we would be able to scale it up, and we could manufacture transplant organs on lines.

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      8 months ago

      Maybe not organs per se, but it’s still a good start, since they’re a good deal more complicated than cartilage, and the immune system tends to be more finicky about them.