Scientists Print 3D Heart

• In a major medical breakthrough, researchers have ‘printed’ the world’s first 3D vascularised engineered heart using a patient’s own cells and biological materials.

Key Facts

• Until now, scientists in regenerative medicine, a field positioned at the crossroads of biology and technology, have been successful in printing only simple tissues without blood vessels.
• This is the first time anyone anywhere has successfully engineered and printed an entire heart replete with cells, blood vessels, ventricles and chambers
• This heart is made from human cells and patient-specific biological materials. In the process these materials serve as the bioinks, substances made of sugars and proteins that ....