Say what you will about the place, but one can truly buy anything at Walmart.
From guns, haircuts, and shoes for your feet. To flowers, computers and mystery meat. There are dresses and skirts and cheap, flimsy art, and now, artificial organs on sale at Walmart. Well, not exactly, but it seemed a fitting ending to the rhyme. What they do sell, however, is a series of certain devices. These devices. of all things, may hold the key to a new medical discovery.
ARTIFICAL ORGANS CONSTRUCTED BY COTTON CANDY MACHINES
Next time you are at a carnival getting cotton candy. Do not think about the delish fibers whipped around a stick that will eventually disintegrate into a wash of sugary flavor in your mouth. Think of artificial organs. These machines may actually hold the secret to building vast microfiber networks. These networks are the intricate system of capillaries that dispel waste and move oxygen through vital organs. Using this logic, a professor at Vanderbilt saw a striking resemblance to fibers in a cotton candy machine. His goal? To simulate the human capillary.
ORGAN BUILDING SIMILAR TO 3D PRINTING
Building artificial organs has never been an easy task. Reproducing an environment such as this comes with a great deal of maintenance not unlike supporting a miniature habitat or planet. 3D printing, however, has offered a new perspective on the construction of artificial organs. Previously, 2D environments were not able to support the intricacies of the human organs but using a 3D template has proven it’s sustainable enough to support the various requirements. By consistently producing these 3D microfiber networks, then the probability to sustain long lasting, artificial organs in a lab is much more realistic.
BUILD-AN-ORGAN NOW JUST $19.88 AT WALMART
While scientists are teetering away with their artificial organs, there is a whole opportunity awaiting beyond the emerald doors of Walmart. A quick search on their website shows quite an impressive collection of cotton candy machines. Boasting around twenty or so unique machines, Walmart is selling these from $19 up to $300. Perhaps they have some insider info on the organ market and they are stockpiling their supply. Head to Walmart while they’re still around. That way, you can prepare for that new liver you’ll most likely need down the road.
