3D printed organ models help train transplant surgeons

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By Nilima Marshall, PA Media

Researchers have created hyper-realistic models of diseased hearts and lungs – which can beat, bleed and breathe like the real organs – to help train surgeons to perform transplants.

The team, led by senior research fellow Richard Arm at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), said they created the 3D printed fake organs with silicone gels, fabrics and different fibres.