3-D Printed Human Embryonic Stem Cells Created for First Time

A cell printer could make 3-D human tissues for testing new drugs, growing organs or even printing cells directly inside the body


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  1. 1. Colinklein 01:59 AM 2/12/13

    Amazing post, Tanya! I only hope when we can start printing organs, there are far less dangers than we have currently. You might also find Rongxiang Xu interesting, he's a researcher from China working on natural stem cell compositions. I'd check out his patents: http://bit.ly/12qxESa

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