A patient one day may be able to drop off some cells at the doctor's office and wait while a machine manufactures a new organ.

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A patient one day may be able to drop off some cells at the doctor's office and wait while a machine manufactures a new organ, Vladamir Miranov, a surgeon and tissue engineer, told the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md. "Operating like a modified computer printer, a cell-printing machine would use cell aggregates instead of inks and thermore-versible gel instead...