Doctors shared the challenges of helping their young patients with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, with Anamika Prasad. In the majority of cases, treatment requires a highly complicated surgery ...
Presently, if a patient is missing a section of bone due to accident or disease, it has to be replaced with bone harvested from elsewhere in their body. A new cell-containing gel, however, could one ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite the long-established prevalence of 3D printing in orthopedic oncology, some orthopedic surgeons said ...
You might think that glass has no business acting as a replacement for bone, but it turns out the two materials have many similarities. Researchers reporting in ACS Nano developed a 3D printable ...
ADAM, a 3D bone printing project that has already secured partnerships with ARMI, Stanley Black & Decker, and Big Pharma, is weeks away from launching the first clinical trials. But the project’s ...
Along with its role in repairing bone deficits, the technology could conceivably also find use in applications such as growing replacement body parts in a lab. "It’s extraordinary to create such ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Robert Smith, 38, relies on the ability to grip and pinch materials in his job as an ironworker. When his middle finger was crushed by a heavy steel beam in November 2017, there ...
Scientists working at Northwestern University have developed a 3D printable ink. The end product, once the additive printing has been completed, is a type of synthetic bone that can be implanted into ...
Everlee DeWall, Sales Manager at EOS' AMCM group, was excited to discover that he received 3D printed hip implants.