Space Doctor! Printed organs in orbit – The future of medicine is out of this world!
Imagine building body parts in SPACE! Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, it just happened!
Hey Future Explorers! Zappi here with some *out-of-this-world* news! A super clever company called Auxilium Biotechnologies just did something amazing: they printed tiny bits of kidney and liver (important body parts that help us stay healthy!) **in space!**
Think of it like this: you know how a 3D printer can make cool plastic toys by building them layer by layer? Well, 'bioprinting' is kind of like that, but instead of plastic, they use living cells like tiny LEGO bricks! And guess what? This happened for the *very first time ever* outside of Earth's gravity!
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Based on reporting by Space.com.