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#Japan to invest $21 million in developing 3d printed human organs Could 3d printable human organ transplants become a reality in the coming years? It#s certainly starting to look that way as reports are surfacing that the Japanese government will also begin heavily investing in this very human branch of 3d bio printing technology. This announcement is following recent developments in that same field; last November we reported on Russian scientists who are confident that they will be able to 3d print human kidneys by 2018. And just a few weeks ago in early December we learned of a collaboration between 3d printing company Organovo and the Yale School of medicine that aims to pioneer 3d bioprinted surgical tissues themselves. This Japanese announcement thus follows a current trend in medical science but they are reportedly doing it on a hitherto unseen scale. For reports have surfaced that they will invest a massive sum of 25 billion yen in the development of transplantable human organ printing over the next five years which comes down to a sum of approximately $21 million. Now that is going somewhere. This sum is to be spread out over five research organizations attached to Osaka University who will use it to develop 3d printable human tissue and ultimately transplantable organs. Research into human tissue printing is reportedly already well underway in Osaka where research teams have been working with ips cells (induced pluripotent stem cells or artificially cultivated stem cells that can be used in 3d bio printing processes) with the hopes of generating cardiomyocytes or muscle cells of the heart. Now these fields will need reportedly a lot of time before they#ll reach a stage where they can applied to human subjects. However the funds now provided by the Japanese government will go a long way towards reaching their goals. With that level of backing it can even be expected that these organisations will rise to the to the top of the field of 3d printed generative medication studies. This new round of investments is great news for the development of 3d printed medication which is expected to revolutionize medical help. And as an estimated 100000 people are on the waiting list for organ transplantation in the US alone it#s no wonder that the medical field is turning its focus towards 3d printing r

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