Body Parts That Can Be Made With A 3-D Printer

Kidneys

Kidney transplants are all-too-common and the trickiest part seems to be finding an appropriate match for those that need one. Kidneys are essential in keeping your body running efficiently. They filter the waste out of your body and without a well-functioning one the waste piles up inside of you, putting you at an increased risk of infection.

While the technology is not completely developed yet, experts have gotten very close to being able to create kidneys for those in need of new ones. Once the process is perfected, doctors will be able to create perfect matches by using the patient’s actual cells to build the kidney.