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Guide to 3D Bioprinting and 3D Printed Organs

Is bioprinting more than a buzzword for tech enthusiasts and investors? Abd what’s the status on 3D printing organs? Here’s an overview on one of the most 'human' 3D printing use cases.

by Rachel Park
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3D Printing is 1,000 Times Faster with Overclocked Crystal Technique

3D printing could become up to 1,000 times faster thanks to an overclocked crystal technique developed by researchers.

by Hanna Watkin
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Made in Wales: 3D Printed Implants For Facial Injuries

Welsh experts have created new software that allows surgeons to design 3D printed implants for facial reconstruction.

by Hanna Watkin
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Harvard Researchers 3D Print Heart-on-a-Chip

Researching diseases, new drugs, and cosmetics without testing on animals is now possible thanks to a new 3D printed heart-on-a-chip device.

by Hanna Watkin
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L’Oréal Wants to Cure Baldness with 3D Printed Hair Follicles

L'Oréal is developing technology which it hopes will cure baldness through 3D printed hair follicles capable of growing new hair.

by Hanna Watkin
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Leash of Life
Give a Dog a Bone (Implant) with 3D Printing

Leroy the Great Dane has a new "leash of life" thanks to a 3D printed titanium bone implant which helped him beat cancer.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printed Hyperelastic Bone Could Heal Fractures in Weeks

Researchers developed hyperelastic bone material which could be used to 3D print bone implants and heal fractures within weeks.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printed Kidney Passes Stones on Roller Coaster

Using a 3D printed kidney, a urologist discovers that riding a "moderate intensity" roller coaster helps patients pass painful kidney stones.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Medical Breakthrough with 3D Printed Bone Implants

Painful bone grafts could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to 3D printed bone implants invented by researchers at Trinity College, Dublin.

by Hanna Watkin
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MIT’s 3D Printed Structures “Remember” their Shape

MIT researchers used 3D printing to make flexible devices which "remember" their original shapes and can transform accordingly.

by Hanna Watkin
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... and it works!
Edible Batteries Power Swallowable Medical Devices

Edible batteries in 3D printed cases may someday power ingestible devices which could treat diseases and diagnose patients.

by Hanna Watkin
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North Korea has a Medical 3D Printer for Cosmetic Surgery

North Korea has unveiled a 3D printer which can reproduce bone for use in cosmetic surgery and dentistry.

by Hanna Watkin
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TCM Robot Therapist Could Help out Physicians

This robot massage therapist from Singapore uses 3D printed parts. It could be the perfect therapist... it'll never get tired of massaging (and listening) to you.

by Hanna Watkin
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Cute Labrador Puppy Gets New 3D Printed Tooth

Brazilian “Animal Avengers” save Labrador retriever puppy, Hanna, by giving her a 3D printed tooth free of charge, in the first procedure of its kind.

by Hannah Augur
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World’s Smallest Lens: 3D Printed, Thinner Than a Hair

The world's smallest lens has been created with the help of 3D printing which could revolutionize industries from surgery to surveillance.

by Hanna Watkin
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Sheffield Engineer Creates Innovative 3D Printed Prostate Model

An innovative 3D printed prostate gland, created by a Sheffield engineer, will be used to help doctors treat their patients more easily.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printed Models Help Save Infant AND Remove Tumor

Doctors utilize 3D printed models to save two lives, successfully removing a particularly problematic tumor and returning externalized brain to an infant's cranium.

by Hannah Augur
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German Athlete Will Cycle at Paralymics with 3D Printed Leg

Denise Schindler, a German paralympic cyclist, is hoping to use a 3D printed leg prosthesis to race with in Rio de Janeiro this September.

by Hanna Watkin
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L’Oreal Begin 3D Printing Human Skin

Lab-grown, 3D printed human skin could be the future of product testing. Now L'Oreal who have partnered up with bio-engineering start-up Organovo.

by Hanna Watkin
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UK Prosecutor Uses 3D Printed Replica Skulls in Child Murder Trial

For the first time in British legal history, 3D printed replica have been used to illustrate the severe head injuries sustained by Ellie Butler in an ongoing court case.

by Hanna Watkin
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