article_snippet.sent: While currently still just a concept, project raises the prospect of what bio-engineering may make possible in years to come.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists claim to have made a 'giant leap' towards creating 3D organs that could be simply printed out in hospitals when needed for a transplant.
article_snippet.sent: An international team have created the first organs that include a full vascular network for transporting blood through organs.
article_snippet.sent: An international team say the first organs that include a full vascular network for transporting blood through organs could even allows organs damaged by cancer to simply replaced.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists from the Universities of Sydney, Harvard, Stanford and MIT have now bio-printed artificial vascular networks mimicking the body's circulatory system that are necessary for growing large complex tissues.
article_snippet.sent: Using a high-tech 'bio-printer', Scientists from the Universities of Sydney, Harvard, Stanford and MIT fabricated a multitude of interconnected tiny fibres to serve as the mold for the artificial blood vessels.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists from the Universities of Sydney, Harvard, Stanford and MIT then covered the 3D printed structure with a cell-rich protein-based material, which was solidified by applying light to it.
article_snippet.sent: Lastly Scientists from the Universities of Sydney, Harvard, Stanford and MIT removed the bio-printed fibres to leave behind a network of tiny channels coated with human endothelial cells, which self organised to form stable blood capillaries in less than a week.
article_snippet.sent: Filippo Nassetti and Alessandro Zomparelli, the two Italian designers leading the project, said: 'Latest developments in bioprinting and biohacking let us imagine that in the near future it would be possible to easily print organic, functional body parts, allowing the human to replace defected districts or enhance standard performance. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Currently just a concept, Italian designers say it could be available by 2027 .