Organovo, a San Diego-based startup, sees the liver as a solid stepping-stone for perfecting the science of building human organs in the lab. "The liver has the ability to regrow itself," said ...

We've designed and constructed a multi-cell type 3D Human Liver Tissue Model using proprietary bioprinting technology. The model contains primary human cell types which maintain form and function ...

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Advances in the 3D printing of human tissue have moved fast enough that San Diego-based bio-printing company Organovo now expects to unveil the world’s first printed organ — a human liver ...

A 3D printing start-up has managed to generate a slice of functioning liver. Organovo used layers of living cells to print liver able to last up to 40 days.

image: 3D image of lipid droplets (red) and Bile Canaliculi network (green) along the liver lobule of a patient with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. view more Credit: MPI-CBG/ Segovia-Miranda ...

Most importantly, it fails to provide 3D information on tissue structure and function, as the liver has a complex 3D tissue organization: It consists of functional units, the liver lobuli, containing ...

A new method of 3D printing an anatomically accurate replica of the human liver is now helping to guide surgeons during tricky procedures. The 3D-printed replicas, which are made of transparent ...

Scientists are already 3D printing different kinds of tissue, from skin to livers, and someday they say it will be commonplace to simply print out a body part when needed. Topics Spotlight: AI in ...

A slice of 3D-printed liver offers the promise of speeding up the discovery of new drugs and paving the way toward eventually growing a full-size, transplantable liver. Fox News Media; ...