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World's first 3D blood vessel bio-printer could lead to the fabrication of human organs

3D printing is becoming increasingly popular within the medical industry. Its relative cheapness and flexibility has recently seen the technology used to produce a titanium sternum and ribcage, as well as a prosthetic robot hand. Now, scientists from Chinese biotechnology company Sichuan Revotek Co. Ltd. have developed the world’s first 3D bio-printer capable of creating blood vessels using stem cell-based bio-ink and a data model based on a cloud computing platform.”

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