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Anthony Atala, printed a biocompatible model of a human kidney on stage at the 2011 TED conference Thursday, in a technique that could someday be used to create new organs from a patient’s own tissue rather than relying on donated organs.
Atala explained the process whereby scanners build a 3-D image of the kidney, then a tissue sample smaller than a postage stamp was used to seed the process. The organ printer then built the kidney layer-by-layer, creating an almost perfect replica of the patient’s tissue.
The organ-printing process employs scanners that collect a 3-D image of the organ that needs to be replaced. A small tissue sample seeds the printer, which replicates the tissue layer by layer to build a new organ, all in about six or seven hours. It would use the patient’s own tissue, so it avoids any organ rejection issues.
During Atala's talk, a specially designed printer was about three hours into printing a kidney model built out of biocompatible materials. He also brought a completed model to show to the audience.
Initial reports suggested Atala had printed a working kidney, but it was actually a kidney-shaped mold with no internal structures or vasculature, according to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where Atala is a regenerative medicine specialist.
He said someday, scanners and printers could conceivably be used to treat wounds. A flatbed scanner could scan a patient’s wound, while a printer adds the right types of tissues to fill it back in. “You can print right on the patient,” Atala said, according to a report on the talk at Fast Company.
Atala also described using a patient's failed organ as a scaffold for a new version, filling it with new tissue. This could help address the challenge of building blood vessels, which remains one of the greatest challenges in tissue engineering.
Atala said about 90 percent of people on organ transplant lists are waiting for kidneys, but donors are few and far between. Meanwhile, patients must undergo painful and complicated dialysis treatment. And mechanical replacements are still a few years away. Atala said regenerative medicine could one day solve the organ shortage crisis, replacing failing body parts on demand. 

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Source 1: [url]http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/anthony-atala-printed-functioning.html[/url]
Source 2: [url]http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-03/tissue-engineer-prints-replacement-kidney-onstage-ted-2011/[/url]
Mind you that it was not a fully functional one but a dummy, as stated on Source #2:
[QUOTE]Correction: An earlier version of this post cited coverage by the Agence France-Presse newswire, among other sources, which incorrectly reported that Massella had received a printed kidney 10 years ago and that Atala printed a functional kidney onstage. In fact, Massella received a re-engineered bladder, and Atala printed a dummy kidney mold to demonstrate how the technique could provide transplantable organs someday.[/QUOTE]
Simply awesome!
*mandatory science emote
where is the actual TED Talk video?
This is why I want stem cell research to spread more than it has already, it's help so much for tech like this.
When I saw the second quote I was disappoint
Out of flesh.
Please replace the sacrifice, and then hit resume.
I bet it sounds loud as shit. Just like all the others.
[quote=thestabbybunny;28429195]out of flesh.
Please replace the sacrifice, and then hit resume.[/quote]
kidney load letter.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;28429159]where is the actual TED Talk video?[/QUOTE]
Exactly. I constantly see quotes from TED talks then want to watch the footage. Either OP is too lazy to find the footage or it wasn't filmed, but... its TED, I was under the impression it was all filmed.
Out of stem cells; Please place more fetuses and WBC members in the churner.
It would be funny if the printer had jammed. :v:
I love TED conferences. They're just fascinating.
So how long until we can print and construct entire people?
If it's a TED talk thing, then there's going to be a video.
Holy [I][B]Shit.[/B][/I]
Working 3D printer?
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Reminds me of the resurrection bed used in the Fifth Element, personally.
I was amazed until the Source 2 you posted. Still cool though!
[QUOTE=raBBish;28430655]Working 3D printer?
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3D printers are very common, and capable of printing a variety of materials (usually plastics but sometimes also metals) with very high accuracy. You could probably print out most of a clock fully assembled if you wanted to. The real point here is that it prints the patient's living flesh.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;28430670]Reminds me of the resurrection bed used in the Fifth Element, personally.[/QUOTE]
Same... them titties. :haw:
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;28430756]3D printers are very common, and capable of printing a variety of materials (usually plastics but sometimes also metals) with very high accuracy. You could probably print out most of a clock fully assembled if you wanted to. The real point here is that it prints the patient's living flesh.[/QUOTE]
We need to be able to get those cheaply, the sheer power people would have, big companys would suffer a fucking hammer blow.
[QUOTE=Shugo;28430437]So how long until we can print and construct entire people?[/QUOTE]
You wouldn't pirate a person :colbert:
I hate how they use the word "print" when they talk about "3d printing." It's more like fabricating.
But the material is layed down layer by layer.
LIKE WITH A PRINTER
Well I guess it's time to change every instance of "molecular assembler" in my WIP to "molecular printer".
And I have used "molecular assembler" in a single page more than Eric Drexler in his entire life.
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;28430756]3D printers are very common, and capable of printing a variety of materials (usually plastics but sometimes also metals) with very high accuracy. You could probably print out most of a clock fully assembled if you wanted to. [/QUOTE]
You wouldn't download a car.
So did he jam a dummy kidney up in the printer before the show then played it out as if the printer actually printed it?
[QUOTE=Shugo;28430437]So how long until we can print and construct entire people?[/QUOTE]
Probably never, since many people would be against shit like that.
Been hearing a lot about the various wondrous uses of 3D printers, quite cool to see this particular piece of technology take off. Alhough, as is the case with a lot of scientific discoveries, we hear of it far before it becomes viable. The LCD display has it's roots in experiments done in the 60's, for example.
[QUOTE=Clunj;28429850]Exactly. I constantly see quotes from TED talks then want to watch the footage. Either OP is too lazy to find the footage or it wasn't filmed, but... its TED, I was under the impression it was all filmed.[/QUOTE]
A couple of days usually pass before they are done editing the video and upload it.
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