An American company is making good progress on a new technology that might be the key to solve the tedious problems of organ transplant. The technology that this company is using, is the one that prints 3D copies of organs that are totally functional in the human body.
So far, this technology allows to create only organs like the skin, because more complex organs need to be created with very small features like blood vessels, detailes that this technology is unable to do. Of course in the future, the possibility of reaching the level of creating more complex organs is very high.In this video you can see how the process is done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sWyeO4oxVtY
Although this tech is really amazing, it allows us to critically think about this topic of creating organs in a controlled environment, because just like cloning is a very controversial topic, because of the risks and the limits that humans may follow, this technology is very "dangerous" too, because if we keep moving forward with this, in the future we might be able to create a human being, just like now we create organs like the skin.
What's your stance on this topic? Do you think that this technology can become something "dangerous"? Do you think that nature, and biological processes related to procreation, will not be needed any more? In case you are in need of an organ, would you agree on receiving and lab-created one?
We can keep on asking lots of questions, but the thing is that medicine and technology are making gigantic steps in this field, and you never know what is going to be the next thing that is going to surprise us all.
Here's another video related to the topic that provides more information, enjoy.
http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html
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