Saturday 17 January 2015

Japan Researchers Create Custom-Made Body Parts With 3D Printer

Skin, bone and joints could now be created using a a next-generation bio 3D printer, which can build up thin layers of bio-materials to form custom-made parts, according to scientists at the University of Tokyo Hospital. Within hours the printer is able to craft an implant using data from a Computer Tomography (CT) scan. These implants fit into place in the body, and quickly become assimilated by real tissue and other organs in the patient. Prof. Tsuyoshi Takato ...

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