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This is our monthly up-to-date episode, and I have a really exciting scientific discovery, whatever you want to call it, to share with you.

Discovery, that's rare these days. Is it a black hole?

Yeah, I mean, it's...

Well, not this time. I guess it's not that exciting. Although, you know, in the grand scheme of the

universe, I suppose a black hole is more exciting than, you know, bioprinting a liver. But I think

bioprinting a liver is still pretty exciting. Bioprinting a liver. Like, I've heard of bioprinting

of organs, but nothing as complicated as what the liver does. Right. And, you know, there's been a lot of issues

about sort of, you know, figuring out a way to get organs that we can put into people's bodies

that don't require a human donor. You know, as you probably know, there are hundreds of thousands

of people who are on various transplant lists. Many people die before they get the transplant.

And this is actually a personal story for me. One of my friends has been waiting for a new liver for over a year now, and she

battles every single day. And she's at the top of the list currently, but they're still

struggling to find the right match. Eventually, this could be a problem of the past.

So there was some research that came out of Rice University, Jordan Miller's lab,

which I like to think maybe it's the same Jordan Miller,

who is one of our Patreon supporters.

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