How to print out a blood vessel

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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 organs.

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