Miranov's bioprinting art

Miranov sees bioprinting as Art. You can see this take from his own university homepage:
http://www.musc.edu/bioprinting/html/bioprinting_art.html
here he talks about the importance of looking at bioprinting as an art, as a technology that will change the way humans think and perceive life. This has sparked much conversation between the public and arguments about morality and ethical treatments of humans. These can be seen on another blog:
http://visualcultureandbioscience.blogspot.com/2007/03/mironov-social-and-cultural.html
http://visualcultureandbioscience.blogspot.com/2007/03/mironov-response-continued-on-social.html
http://visualcultureandbioscience.blogspot.com/2007/03/mironov-response-to-thacker.html

Miranov's Debacle

Miranov is one of the two leading scientists in the field of bioprinting. He holds this technology as the "most important invention since the printing press", and does not just see the technology as a way to build organs for therapy. He has tried to get grants for printing protein for NASA
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/000846.html
this article is about his grant that was turned down. He saw a potential for printing steaks for NASA astronauts to take up into space for true protein sources. From there he also thought about the use of printing steaks from human tissue for vegans, "that would allow [them] to eat meat without feeling that [they have] killed an animal". A very interesting idea, and a very interesting moral dilemna for society. Can we see a future in which cannibalism is embraced? Evolutionarily, our genes have caused us to always have an aversion to people that would eat their own (seeing as it would affect survival directly), so have we finally found technology that would make it harmless!?
Miranov is very creative and is insistent on how the bioprinting technology can be used for every aspect of life. Let's hope some are taken into account and others are left to philosophy.

Laws & Regulations

To date the FDA is closely reviewing many of the cloning and gene therapy processes to make sure it regulates what needs to be regulated. Though there are laws against using fetal stem cells, as well as human cloning regulations; there are not any laws against the use of iPS technology nor the cloning of parts of humans (organs).
The FDA website on cellular & gene therapy is http://www.fda.gov/cber/gene.htm

It is important to look at the laws and regulations before any public opinions, since laws change public opinions and vice versa.