Biotech Firm: We Will 3D Print A Human Liver In 2014 (ONVO)

2014 could be a landmark year for an amazing medical technology: human organs built by 3D printers. San Diego biotech firm Organovo promises that its "bioprinting" technology will successfully print a human liver by the end of 2014, the company told Computerworld's Lucas Mearian. Mearian reports: Like other forms of 3D printing, bio-printing lays down layer after layer of material -- in this case, live cells -- to form a solid physical entity -- in this case, human tissue. The major stumbling bl...