Bioengineers in San Fransisco have discovered that complex mammalian blueprints can be hacked into, thus paving the way for new generations of genetic engineering.
Soft flesh robots cannot be far away.
(if that isn't what we already are)
Perhaps closer, we have a setting for pre-determined organ / body part growth, which can then be harvested.
The world of the novel Never Let Me Go?
The full article can be found here - http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2017/12/28/engineers-hack-cell-biology-to-create-3-d-shapes-from-living-tissue.8703
