First trials of lab grown blood cells for Sickle Cell patients starts in the UK
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Blood is often a scarce commodity, and very precious, but now it looks like we can grow it in a lab rather than having to always rely on donors. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
This new 3D printing technique lets people print mini working machines
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing’s ultimate dream is to be able to print working products straight off the printer that don’t need to be assembled by humans or robots, this is the first step. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
Bioartificial kidney aces tests and could one day replace dialysis
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By combining human cells and mechanical components researchers have created a new kind of hybrid human organ that works as well as the real thing. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
A new mini 3D bio-printed Pancreas could spell the end of diabetes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Diabetes is quickly becoming one of the world’s top afflictions, and 3D printing could offer an on demand solution to end it forever. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over the past...
3D printed heart “glove” paves the way for connected hybrid human organs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One day we will be able to 3d print human hearts and organs with embedded electronics that can monitor them and fix them when things go wrong. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Scientists show off the world’s first 3D printed mini human heart
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Four years ago we could “only” 3D print human heart tissue, now we have a working mini human heart, and by the end of this decade we could have a full sized version that could be transplanted into the first brave patients. Love the...
US researchers just grew a beating mini human heart in a dish
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF On the one hand being able to grow new human organs on demand will help alleviate transplant issues, on the other it will help accelerate the development and testing of new drugs and treatments. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof...
Novel bio-ink lets doctors 3D print human organs directly into patients bodies
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to 3D print human organs for transplant is game changing, being able to 3D print them directly into patients is sci-fi realised. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. So far in the past few years I’ve talked...
Researchers successfully grow mini human livers from stem cells for first time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People who are in need of organ transplants often have to wait for someone else to pass away, this latest breakthrough would mean breaking that cycle. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Have you ever wanted to grow...
World first as scientists link biological and artificial neurons together in a network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As digital computing platforms become more advanced and our ability to embed technology into humans improves the next step is to link them both together. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over the past couple of years there...
Researchers 3D printed brain tumors to accelerate discovery of new treatments
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing human organs on demand is one thing, but now 3D printed tumours can help researchers develop better cancer cures faster. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. So far we’ve 3D printed everything from buildings, cars, and...
An AI just designed then 3D printed a completely new form of rocket engine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As Creative Machines get better at designing and innovating products one day they’ll outperform humans. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. For the past number of years I’ve been taking about the rise of so called Creative Machines,...
4D Bio-Printing emerges to help scientists print better human organs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D Printing human organs has its problems so scientists created a 4D Bio-Printing technology to solve them and pave the way for better printed, on demand, human organs that grow with their hosts. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my...
IBM unveil their artificial tongue to improve food safety
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are plenty of situations where we want to test things, such as food and water, to see if they’re safe without actually tasting them ourselves, and now you can. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
A lab grown brain just spontaneously started producing its own brain waves
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While we are becoming increasingly adept at growing brains, we still don’t know much about them. Researchers are doing a lot with brains – whether it’s growing them in jars, or even 3D printing them, but now a team of neuroscientists from the University...
Human mini brains grown in a lab integrated with live mice brains
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As our ability to re-code and “improve” on nature improves so too will our ability to produce new human organs in new ways. The future of personalized medicine will very likely involve human “spare parts,” whether they’re 3D printed on demand, grown on demand...
Researchers 3D print human corneas in world first
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Tens of millions of people a year go blind because of a lack of donor corneas, this work will, literally, give them a new outlook on life. There are so many parts of the human body now that can be 3D printed that it’s...
New hydrogel that mimics cartilage could transform knee surgeries
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogels are proving to be an amazingly versatile material, and in this case they could help revolutionise how surgeons treat knee conditions and injuries. A new cartilage-like hydrogel material could make the job of repairing knees much easier, say a team of scientists in...
Scientists have 3D printed functioning artificial human skin
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to print artificial human skin, on demand will change the lives of burns victims and reduce the need for animal testing. A few months after Stanford University announced it had created the world’s first artificial skin substitute, now researchers in Spain have...
Researchers 3D print body parts that work like the real thing
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to 3D print body parts, or parts of bodies, on demand changes the long term health and survivability prospects for every person on the planet. It will let us all live healthier, longer lives and is nothing less than revolutionary. Using 3D...
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