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3D Printing in Transplantation
Author(s) -
Pondrom Sue
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.13809
Subject(s) - 3d printing , medicine , organ transplantation , process (computing) , transplantation , 3d printed , three dimensional printing , surgery , computer science , biomedical engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , operating system
For several years, 3D printing has been used in medicine to create customized prosthetics and fabricate tissue and organs. How far are we from the generation of a fully functioning whole organ, such as a kidney, liver or heart? Also this issue, we review the Living Donor Protection Act introduced to Congress earlier this year.