Among the more interesting applications of fast-moving 3D printing technology is its potential to help solve our critical organ transplant shortage. We live in a society where it seems like everything can be printed, including buildings, cars, chocolate and even replicas of unborn children. Why not organs?

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It could provide an elegant way to meet a demand that organ donors, alone, cannot handle. In the US alone, an average of 20 people die every day while awaiting an organ donation. There are more than 110,000 people on the organ waiting list, according to the American Transplant Foundation. Until recently progress on this front has been slow and steady. But recent developments have shown the potential to catapult the technology forward into a new age of breakthroughs. This […]

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