How to print out cells and blood vessels for the first time? Recently, researchers said that 3D printing heart technology has made a major breakthrough. We all know that researchers have created the world's first 3D printing heart. The difference is that it not only has cells and blood vessels, but also can be implanted into the human body in the future. Its arrival may lead to great progress in the field of heart therapy.
In most countries, 26% of people die from cardiovascular disease, and there are many patients waiting for heart surgery. The breakthrough of 3D printing technology will greatly reduce the time of patients waiting for surgery, thus saving more lives.
In this study, the researchers extracted the patient's cells and used them to create a heart, which, of course, kept the risk of complications to a minimum. It is reported that this is also the first time in the world that someone has successfully built a complete heart through engineering design.
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In fact, in the past, someone used 3D printing to successfully print the structure of the heart, but not the cells or blood vessels. At the present stage, 3D printing heart is only the size of rabbit heart, which has great potential in organ replacement in the future. Of course, in an ideal situation, this material has the same biochemical characteristics as the patient's own tissue.
Finally, the researchers believe that this kind of 3D printing heart is expected to come out within ten years, and we also need to further explore the 3D printing heart technology. I believe that in the next 10 years, those advanced hospitals in the world will be equipped with such organ printers, which will also bring good news to patients with cardiovascular disease.