Humanity doesn't have enough spare organs. Let's make some.
That's the guiding principle behind the work of Gabor Forgacs, a pioneer in bioprinting and founder of Organovo, which specialises in the field of making human tissue to order. The technology isn't quite there yet, at least not for 3D printing full-blown functional organs, but as Forgacs told the WIRED2015 audience, the science is sound and it's only a matter of time before lab-printed replacements are a medical reality.
By: Matt Kamen,
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