Israeli researchers have printed a 3D heart using a patient’s own cells, something they say could be used to patch diseased hearts — and possibly, full transplants. Israeli researchers have printed a 3D heart using a patient’s own cells, something they say could be used to patch diseased hearts — and possibly, full transplants. The cells were then “reprogrammed” to become stem cells, which turned into heart cells. The printed hearts could be tested on animals but there’s no timetable for testing hearts on humans, he said. A human-sized heart might take a whole day to print and would require billions of cells, compared to the millions used to print these mini-hearts, Dvir said.

Source: thestar April 15, 2019 16:52 UTC