Anthony Atala has done the unthinkable: in 2006 he transplanted an organ grown in a lab, into a human being. He creates these organs by building scaffolding then growing cells over the scaffold. The result: made to order organs in a matter of weeks.
Of course there’s a lot more that goes into the process than I’ve mentioned so I’ll let Anthony tell you about it yourself. Check out his Ted talk below:
[...] you’ve read about organs being manufactured, made to order. Well one major problem is that the 3d structure of the organ is almost as important [...]