The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited human organs
Martine Rothblatt sees a day when transplantable organs and 3D-printed ones will be readily available, saving countless lives—including her daughter’s.
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Martine Rothblatt sees a day when transplantable organs and 3D-printed ones will be readily available, saving countless lives—including her daughter’s.
The procedures are being developed because the demand for human organs for clinical transplantation far exceeds the supply. Also, a look at a research trial of a brain hemorrhage treatment.
17 people die every day on the transplant wait list.
The breakthrough by doctors at the University of Maryland offers hope for those who languish on organ transplant waitlists.
Recent experiments are generating new excitement for the possibility of an unlimited supply of pig organs to transplant into humans.