Prellis Biologics Melanie Matheu: Lab-grown kidneys"

Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 4:26 a.m.

The Sunday Times\u2019 tech correspondent brings on Merlanie Matheu, founder of Prellis Biologics, to talk about 3D-printing organs (2:15), cellular scaffolding (3:35), implanting lab-grown tumours in rats (5:15), why this is a big deal (6:35), solving the kidney (7:55), the magic of 3D printing (12:00), how she got into tissue engineering (13:45), filing a patent before knowing she could pull off the technology (18:10), the sector\u2019s hype cycle (19:45), the future of organ printing (22:35), printing blood vessels first (25:20), why it was hard to raise money (29:35), getting regulatory approval (31:00), her worst day of work (35:00), creating the world\u2019s first laser-based bio-printer (37:10), and where she gets the cells (40:05). 


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