Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Callie Thomas
BME 281 Fall 2012
The Organ Waitlist
• According to Organdonor.gov, there are 115,476 people
in the U.S. alone on the waiting list for organ transplants
(as of 2011).
• Instead of ink it uses plastic polymers, and places the layers on top of
each other to form a 3D shape.
A printed kidney
Mironov, V., T. Boland, T. Trusk, G. Forgacs, and RR Markwald. "Organ Printing: Computer-aided
Jet-based 3D Tissue Engineering." Web of Science (n.d.): n. pag. Web of Knowledge. Thomson
Reuters, Apr. 2003. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://0-
apps.webofknowledge.com.helin.uri.edu/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=Refine&qi
d=2&SID=1Em6HE2JAcknJ8cbHep&page=1&doc=3>.
Mironov, V., V. Kasyanov, C. Drake, and RR Markwald. "Organ Printing: Promises and Challenges."
Web of Science (n.d.): n. pag. Web of Knowledge. Thomson Reuters, Jan. 2008. Web. 16 Sept.
2012. <http://0-
apps.webofknowledge.com.helin.uri.edu/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=Refine&qi
d=2&SID=1Em6HE2JAcknJ8cbHep&page=1&doc=2>.
Simonds, David. "Printing Body Parts- Making a Bit of Me." The Economist. The Economist
Newspaper Limited, 18 Feb. 2010. Web. 16 Sept. 2012.
<http://www.economist.com/node/15543683>.
Picture References
(In order of appearance)
Fox, Stuart. "First Commercial 3-D Bioprinter Fabricates Organs To Order."
PopSci (n.d.): n. pag. Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation Co., 17 Dec. 2009.
Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-12/3-d-bio-
printer-fabricates-organs-order>.
"3D PRINTED KIDNEY – STILL FROM TED TALK WITH ANTHONY ATALA –
MARCH 2012." (n.d.): n. pag. Alpha-ville. 7 June 2012. Web. 16 Sept. 2012.
<http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk/alpha-podcast-presents-unflesh-by-gazelle-twin/3d-
printed-kidney-still-from-ted-talk-with-anthony-atala-march-2012/>.