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Russia Bio-Prints First Organs, Human Tissue in Space

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Russian cosmonaut has bio-printed mouse organs and human tissue in space and brought the samples back to Earth, Russia’s private medical firm Invitro told Sputnik on Friday.
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"Twelve organs have been successfully printed. The samples are already in the laboratory … They will be studied by histologists. The findings will be made public in early 2019", a spokesperson said, adding that the experiment would help cosmonauts in the future.

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The first ever experiment, organized by the company’s 3D Bioprinting Solutions lab, was carried out on December 4. Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko used the Russia-made Organavt printer to produce six human cartilages and six mouse thyroid glands.

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