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Could printable lungs solve transplant shortage? – Genetic Literacy Project

By July 16, 2018News
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Recently I had the chance to hold a replica of the upper part of a human airway—the windpipe plus the first two bronchi. It had been made from collagen, the biological cement that holds our bodies together. It was slippery and hollow, with the consistency of undercooked pasta.

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