Canterbury Mornings

A Christchurch researcher is developing technology he hopes can print human blood vessels and tissue.Biomedical engineer, Dr Khoon Lim, has been researching the technology for the past eight years and has pioneered a "bio ink" containing human cells.He told Chris Lynch he is trying to create functional body parts that can be implanted into patients.Dr Lim now has prototypes of printed human cartilage.Listen above.