A functional heart valve which a team of US scientists have built out of collagen using a 3D bioprinter. The breakthrough they say could one day create entire organs. — Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering/AFP
US scientists have successfully built functional heart parts out of collagen using a 3D bioprinter, a breakthrough they say could one day create entire organs.
Their technique, which was described in the journal Science on Aug 1, replicates the body's own complex biological scaffolds that provide the structure and biochemical signaling organs need to function.
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