It looks like a human heart. It feels like a human heart. It's "the first full-size 3D bioprinted human heart model," and it could change the way surgeons practice and prepare for patients.

Now Dassault’s full 3D heart model is in the testing phase, says Levine, “as we are working closely with the FDA to ensure sustainability of the technology. However members of the project have already ...

Current models fall short: animal hearts differ significantly from human hearts, and flat (2D) cultures of patient cells or a simpler conventional heart-on-a-chip cannot reproduce the 3D ...

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. "You can do things you can't do with a real heart ...

If the (larger) mini-heart that BIOLIFE4D created can work as the company claims, it marks a huge step forward for the field of bioprinting, which has already had a notable year.