Scientist turns to ink-jet printer for a new heart

October 21st, 2008 in Medicine & Health / Research

Japan'sToyama University professor Makoto Nakamura displays inkjet printer-like experimental machine to produce human organs at his laboratory in Toyama city, central Japan, in August. The technology is the same as that of the the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human organs.

The technology is the same as that of the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Japanese scientist Makoto Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human organs.

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