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Japan firm offers 3D model of foetus
Expectant parents in Japan who can't wait to show the world what their baby will look like can now buy a three-dimensional model of the foetus to pass around their friends.
Nov 27, 2012
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Biomedical technology
Researchers advance 3D printing to aid tissue replacement
Professor Arda Gozen looks to a future someday in which doctors can hit a button to print out a scaffold on their 3D printers and create custom-made replacement skin, cartilage, or other tissue for their patients.
May 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team releases plans for 3-D-printed masks
With the threat of a shortage of protective masks looming as the novel coronavirus pandemic grows, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) biomedical engineers and tinkerers had an inspired idea: unleash an army of makers ...
Mar 27, 2020
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Radiology & Imaging
Using 3-D printers to create medical imaging phantoms
Purdue University researchers have devised a way to use 3-D printers to ensure that medical imaging techniques offer the best performance.
Aug 30, 2018
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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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Medical research
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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Monitoring critical blood levels in real time in the ICU
No larger than a pack of chewing gum, the prototype developed by EPFL's Integrated Systems Laboratory (LSI) is deceptively simple in appearance. But this little black case with two thin tubes sticking out contains some real ...
Oct 22, 2015
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Biomedical technology
3D printing lays the foundation for a new range of diagnostic tests
Researchers at KU Leuven (Belgium) have developed a 3D printing technique that extends the possibilities of lateral flow testing. These tests are widespread in the form of the classic pregnancy test and the COVID-19 self-tests. ...
May 10, 2021
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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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Surgery
Multimaterial 3D printers create realistic hands-on models for neurosurgical training
Researchers from the University of Malaya in Malaysia, with collaboration from researchers from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, announce the creation of a cost-effective two-part ...
Dec 10, 2013
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