How close are we to 3D printing the human heart?

Re:How close are we to 3D printing the human heart? by TomMarius on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:09AM (#20703221)

We don't need the bodies to function. We need them as an organ growing environment. The muscles will atrophy, so what.

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Re:How close are we to 3D printing the human heart? by littlestymaar on Thursday August 15, 2019 @04:32AM (#20703536)

Then you cannot use the muscles, and you've just lost one the of the initial use-cases. Repeat it for any organ that need a functional body for its development and you might end up with really few useful parts from your “factory” actually.

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Re:How close are we to 3D printing the human heart? by TeMPOraL on Thursday August 15, 2019 @06:59AM (#20704098)

Few is better than none, and at least for muscles, you could simulate the "stresses of everyday life" with machines.

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Re:How close are we to 3D printing the human heart? by echelon on Thursday August 15, 2019 @02:28PM (#20708167)

All I see are bioengineering problems. Once we start hill-climbing this solution path all the problems will become shallower and shallower.

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Re:How close are we to 3D printing the human heart? by TomMarius on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:23AM (#20712649)

You can't use the animal muscles as well. What organs need moving, active body, if you can control hormone levels etc?

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