Gabor Forgacs: We live in a time when it is really difficult to say “This is impossible!”

The first time I saw Dr. Gabor Forgacs was at last year’s fantastic Idea City conference in Toronto and, after his passionate presentation on bio-printed suffering-free leather, I knew that I will have to find a way to get him on my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Dr. Forgacs is a theoretical physicist turned tissue-engineer turned entrepreneur. His companies are pioneering 3D bio-printing technologies that will produce tissues for medical and pharmaceutical uses, as well as for consumption, in the form of meat and leather. During our 45 min conversation with Gabor we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: his journey from theoretical physics into bio-printing and entrepreneurship; the founding and goals behind Organovo and Modern Meadow; bio-printing of human organs, meat and leather; “cultured” vs “in-vitro” vs “Frankenstein” meat; his greatest dream… My favorite quote that I will take away from this interview with Dr. Forgacs is: “Dream, dream, dream! […] We live in a time when it is really difficult to say: “This is impossible!””