Re:How close are we to 3D printing the human heart?
by waterhouse on Thursday August 15, 2019 @04:44AM
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Well, then, can you mechanically create those stresses? Regularly send electrical signals to exercise the muscles, increase and reduce pressure and temperature (even have robot-controlled plates do a full massage), stretch and vibrate the whole setup, cycle through levels of certain hormones...? It may take some experimentation, but once you figure out a process that works, you can grow millions of organs with it.
(The story "Mazer in Prison" mentioned, offhand, someone getting his muscles electrically stimulated while he slept as a substitute for exercise.)
(The story "Mazer in Prison" mentioned, offhand, someone getting his muscles electrically stimulated while he slept as a substitute for exercise.)