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  • Tel Aviv University

    Scientists print first 3D heart using a patient’s own cells

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    AJ Dellinger
    AJ Dellinger
    04.15.2019

    Researchers at Tel Aviv University managed to successfully print the first ever 3D heart that uses cells and biological materials from a patient. The medical breakthrough, which was published today in Advanced Science, managed to produce an entire heart, complete with cells, blood vessels, ventricles and chambers -- a marked improvement over previous attempts that only printed simple tissues without vessels.