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Published online 20 March 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.675
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How to print out a blood vessel
New work moves closer to the age of organs on demand.
A tissue-engineering group has succeeded in creating functional blood vessels and cardiac tissue, using a 'printer' that dispenses cells instead of ink. The work, published this month in Tissue Engineering, is among the first to produce functional three-dimensional tissue using a printer, and a milestone on the way to the goal of printing out whole organs1.
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