When it comes to robots and A.I technology is really progressing really fast here. Things that were scfi just 5 years ago.

When comes to gene editing they are progressing really fast here, there also brain and computer interface that looks really cool and are progressing fast there.

Where they still seem to be major set back is organ printing where back in 2010 it was 10 years out for simple organ printing and 20 years out for more complex printed organ.. Sadly we don’t even have printed bladder today.

Stem cell research seems to really slow done where 10 years ago it was really promising.

So what has happen to Stem cell research and organ printing? What is holding it back?

There are quite a few advancements in stem cell research and also the development of artificial organs. What has happened is that biology is vastly more complicated and folks assuming that there would be quick solutions were not the folks actually doing the hands-on research.

That being said, there are numerous clinical applications developed in the last ten years and, what is equally important but frequently overlooked is we have better understanding of what doesn't work.

Some of the clinical trials that I know of the top of my head are OPC1 for spinal cord injury, various trials to test stem cells-based treatments of macular degeneration etc.

One big big differences is that these things are not quite as big business as tech or AI. The latter will overhyped every bit and try compete for your attention to make money and or bolster their value. Clinical treatments are, obviously targeted, difficult and expensive and require far more careful execution. So they don't show up on social media or similar broad platforms for general interest. It is therefore more of a perception issue coupled with short attention span of the general public.

One big big differences is that these things are not quite as big business as tech or AI.

Are you saying organ printing and step cell research get very little money from the government and private sector than say AI research?

Clinical treatments are, obviously targeted, difficult and expensive and require far more careful execution.

But what is holding printed organ back? Is it money the problem or the complexity of some organ? Why no simple organ printing today? You would think skin cells, windpipe, esophagus, bladder so on would be wide spread printed in hospitals today.

On 5/26/2025 at 12:45 PM, Moon99 said:

When it comes to robots and A.I technology is really progressing really fast here. Things that were scfi just 5 years ago.

When comes to gene editing they are progressing really fast here, there also brain and computer interface that looks really cool and are progressing fast there.

Where they still seem to be major set back is organ printing where back in 2010 it was 10 years out for simple organ printing and 20 years out for more complex printed organ.. Sadly we don’t even have printed bladder today.

Stem cell research seems to really slow done where 10 years ago it was really promising.

So what has happen to Stem cell research and organ printing? What is holding it back?

Believe it or not I did this as my science fist project in 7th grade, it was on soluble factors in the kidney, it’s an active field form what I know

On 5/29/2025 at 7:24 PM, Moon99 said:

Are you saying organ printing and step cell research get very little money from the government and private sector than say AI research?

But what is holding printed organ back? Is it money the problem or the complexity of some organ? Why no simple organ printing today? You would think skin cells, windpipe, esophagus, bladder so on would be wide spread printed in hospitals today.

Would you? What about the capillary blood vessels the organs that you mention would need to keep them alive?