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Scientists work to 3D bioprint a human heart in 5 years

Dec 19, 2023 | News & Opinions, Video

By Lindsey Theis – Scripps News

A team of Stanford University engineers, cardiologists, and biology experts are at work to bioprint a fully functioning human heart to implant into a pig.

Inside one of the labs that focuses on medical innovation at Stanford University, there’s a small room. It stays cold to protect a cylindrical bioreactor. Inside the cylinder, a light red liquid seems to sparkle when you look closely. Even closer, some of the sparkling segments seem to clump.

Those sparkly bits are stem cells. A little clump equals thousands of them.

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