Sunday, 10 November 2013

World's Smallest Working Human Liver Created

The world's smallest human liver using a 3D printer that can work for forty days just like the real organ has been created by American scientists. Designed by medical research company Organvo in California, the mini-livers are just half a millimetre deep and four millimetres wide, Metro.co.uk reported. The 3D printer builds up 20 layers of hepatocytes cells that are responsible for carrying out liver functions, and two major types of liver cell. ...

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