# Printing a human kidney

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Anthony Atala
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

(NOTE: This talk was given in 2011, and this field of science has developed quickly since then. Read "Corrections & Updates" below for more details.) Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.

## Lectures

1. [Printing a human kidney](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney/c925951215e0), 17 min (TED's player)