Researchers have published a new 3D bioprinting method that brings the field of tissue engineering one step closer to being able to 3D print a full-sized, adult human heart.

In addition, this team hopes to eventually “cellularize” the printed heart, or add human heart muscle cells to the structure, to make it beat like the real thing.

In what the company calls the "3D Cave," the images of the heart are projected on three walls. The user is able to walk-through the 3D experience.

Though smaller in size, the 3D-printed organ features the same cellular structure as a full-sized human heart. The company sees this first example as a roadmap toward bioprinting a full-size human ...

They will also continue with the broader project of printing a functioning human-scale heart by focusing on 3D bioprinting other components, such as valves, blood vessels, and a working mini-heart.

For the first time in recorded history, scientists have created a working, vascularized engineered heart using human cells by printing it in 3D.

The curious minds at ColdFusion introduce the scientists who 3D printed a living, beating human heart for the first time.

An engineer has created a 3D model of the human heart, inspired by his daughter’s heart condition, with the goal of creating a library of virtual hearts for researchers to use whenever they want.

Image Credit: Intrinsic and extrinsic innervation of the heart in zebrafish ( D anio rerio ): Zebrafish Cardiac Innervation - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate.

Science Astounding 3D-printed human heart model cuts and sutures like the real thing The full-size, life-like model could give surgeons a chance to practice their life-saving skills.

CMU researchers have published in Science a new 3D bioprinting method that brings the field of tissue engineering one step closer to being able to 3D print a full-sized, adult human heart.