Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney

About this film

Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.

Directors & creators

TED.com

Subjects

TEDTalks;TED2011;TED;Talks;2011

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