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Researchers Just 3D Printed The First-Ever Complete Heart Using Human Tissue

In what the Israeli media is calling a "world's first," scientists at Tel Aviv University have 3D printed a small heart using human tissue that includes vessels, collagen, and biological molecules - a breakthrough, according to Haaretz, that they hope could one day render organ donation obsolete. To print the heart, the scientists created a "personalized hydrogel" to form "bioinks," according to a paper published today in the journal Advanced Science. Read full article...