<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Technology News]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://viraltechnology.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[jl]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[http://viraltechnology.wordpress.com/author/josebalekube/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Researchers print eye cells for the first time]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div class="reblog-post"><p class="reblog-from"><img alt='' src='http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5a66d8eda897aab3ae47a6780970e93b?s=32&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=G' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' /> <a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/12/17/researchers-print-eye-cells-for-the-first-time/">Reblogged from Gigaom:</a></p><div class="wpcom-enhanced-excerpt"><div class="wpcom-enhanced-excerpt-content">
<p>Like other organs, eyes sometimes need to be replaced with a transplant, and that transplant comes from a person who agreed to donate their organs upon their death. In the future, it might be a lot easier to acquire an eye transplant thanks to 3D printing. University of Cambridge researchers <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1758-5090/6/1/015001/article">published a paper</a> today <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2013-12/iop-cft121613.php">detailing how</a> they used an ink printer to print multiple types of rat eye cells; the first time anyone has been able to keep eye cells healthy and at the right consistency to flow out of a nozzle.</p>
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