TED: printing organs

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592

    #1

    TED: printing organs

    In a very recent talk at TED Dr. Anthony Atala (of Wake Forest University's Regenerative Medicine Dept.) updates us on their progress in creating bio-engineered organs. These would be made on demand using the persons own cells, so transplant rejection would not be a factor.

    Prepare yourselves: I strongly recommend taping your jaws in the up position lest they hit the floor with a major thud.

    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps
  • Elie
    MURC Writer
    • Aug 1999
    • 4420

    #2
    AWESOME!!

    This reminds me of the movie...The 5th Element when they reconstructed Leeloo.

    COOL!

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    • Dr Mordrid
      Moderator
      • Apr 2001
      • 26592

      #3
      Did you do the same drop-jaw I did when he took a kidney out of that machine? Granted they have a ways to go, and trials after that, but jeezzz....
      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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