“Researchers have moved a step closer to creating a synthetic liver, after a US team created a template for blood vessels to grow into, using sugar.

Scientists have long been experimenting with the 3D printing of cells and blood vessels, building up tissue structure layer by layer with artificial cells.

But the synthetically engineered cells often die before the tissue is formed.

The technology, in which a 3D printer uses sugar as its building material, could one day be used for transplants.”

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18677627

So we can grow a liver but don’t have hover boards yet?

>The technology, in which a 3D printer uses sugar as its building material, could one day be used for transplants

You could have one installed in your body, to print cells for any organ whenever they’re needed. Just add a spoonful of sugar to your morning coffee to replace the brain cells lost while imbibing the previous night.

you’d think fosters would invest in this one to keep their best customers alive

Even better than the Car’s idea would be to GM them so that they use ethanol as a substrate…