Question: Scientists of which country recently unveiled 3D print of a heart with human tissue and vessels?
(a) Israel
(b) America
(c) Britain
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- In a major medical breakthrough, Israeli Scientists recently unveiled a 3D print of a heart with human tissue and vessels.
- The heart produced by researchers at Tel Aviv University is about the size of a rabbit’s. It marked, the first time anyone anywhere has successfully engineered and printed an entire heart replete with cells, blood vessels, ventricles and chambers.
- People have managed to 3D-Print the structure of a heart in the past, but not with cells or with blood vessels.
- Their research involved taking a biopsy of fatty tissue from patients that was used in the development of the ‘ink’ for the 3D print.
- Using the patient’s own tissue was important to eliminate the risk of an implant provoking an immune response and being rejected. The biocompatibility of engineered materials is crucial to eliminating the risk of implant rejection.
- Scientists are optimistic of organ printers available in the finest hospitals around the world in the near future and conducting these procedures routinely.