Science scene From: USA Today | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright Society for Advancement of Education Jun 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

A patient one day may be able to drop off some cells at the doctor's office and wait while a machine manufactures a new organ, Vladamir Miranov, a surgeon and tissue engineer, told the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md. "Operating like a modified computer printer, a cell-printing machine would use cell aggregates instead of inks and thermoreversible gel instead of paper," he predicts. "The cell printer operates [by] printing an organ layer by layer based on information about organ size, composition, etc., contained in the organ blue-print or software."

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