Oncology & Cancer
3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread
Purdue researcher Luis Solorio has helped create a lifelike cancer environment out of polymer to better predict how drugs might stop its course.
Mar 1, 2018
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Medical research
3-D printed microfibers could provide structure for artificially grown body parts
Much as a frame provides structural support for a house and the chassis provides strength and shape for a car, a team of Penn State engineers believe they have a way to create the structural framework for growing living tissue ...
Dec 12, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Device enhances radiation therapies
For many cancer patients, going through radiation therapy can be an incredibly stressful and time-consuming process. Dalhousie's Dr. James Robar wants to change that by providing health practitioners with an in-house tool ...
Nov 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Singaporeans with appetite for destruction get 'rage room' relief
Bad day at the office? In high-pressured Singapore there is now a solution—a "rage room" that lets stressed-out people take a baseball bat to items ranging from glass bottles to televisions.
Nov 1, 2017
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Surgery
New 3-D printed model allows brain surgeons to practice
The first time a young surgeon threads a wire through a stroke victim's chest up through their neck and fishes a blood clot out of their brain may be one of the most harrowing moments in her career. Now, a UConn Health radiologist ...
Sep 20, 2017
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Surgery
Engineers harness the power of 3-D printing to help train surgeons, shorten surgery times
A team of engineers and pediatric orthopedic surgeons are using 3D printing to help train surgeons and shorten surgeries for the most common hip disorder found in children ages 9 to 16. In a recent study, researchers showed ...
Aug 2, 2017
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Health
Wearable sensor helps people keep tabs on drinking
Electrical engineers are creating a wearable sensor to help people manage their alcohol intake.
Jun 8, 2017
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Medical research
3-D printed ovaries produce healthy offspring
The brave new world of 3-D printed organs now includes implanted ovary structures that, true to their design, actually ovulate, according to a study by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and McCormick School ...
May 16, 2017
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Engineered ovary implant restores fertility in mice
Northwestern University scientists created a prosthetic ovary using a 3D printer - an implant that allowed mice that had their ovaries surgically removed to bear live young. The results will be presented Saturday, April 2, ...
Apr 1, 2016
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Medical research
Researchers create transplantation model for 3-D printed constructs
Using sugar, silicone and a 3-D printer, a team of bioengineers at Rice University and surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania have created an implant with an intricate network of blood vessels that points toward a future ...
Nov 3, 2015
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