Medical Research
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Scientists at the University of Leeds have created synthetic soft surfaces for biomimetic tongue textures for the first time using 3D printing. This opens new possibilities for testing oral processing properties of food, nutritional technologies, pharmaceutics and dry mouth therapies. UK scientists led by the University of Leeds in collaboration…
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota printed microfluidic channels that can automate the production of medical sensors and other applications. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center assisted in the development of this research. The research is published in Science Advances. Microfluidics, which is the scientific domain to…
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A crucial element to keeping tissues and organs healthy is oxygen, whether they’re in the body or bioprinted in a lab. Typically, the oxygen is delivered to tissues via blood, which is carried in vessels, delivering the vital element and nutrients. In the case of bioprinting, however, vasculature inside a…
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3D printing has already proved useful in the mass production of nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing, but now a team from the School of Engineering at the University of Wolverhampton has taken the medical devices to the next level. In short, it has developed a 3D printed smart swab that…
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Canadian bioprinter developer Aspect Biosystems has launched a new grant program aimed at promoting the use of bioprinting in research and making it more accessible. The program, which is now accepting applications, will provide an RX1 bioprinter to two research labs at no cost for a six-month period. The eligibility…
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A research team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is exploring the use of 3D printing to control stem cell differentiation in embryoid bodies. Specifically, they have used bioprinting to transform stem cells into heart cells – a process known as differentiation. Humans, and all animals, begin…
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Materials science engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are developing a new, 3D printed artery graft (artificial blood vessel) that allows doctors and patients to keep tabs on its health remotely. The implantable vessel, made of a flexible composite and capable of real-time monitoring, is described in a new study…
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Powdered sugar is the special ingredient in a Rice University recipe for mimicking the body’s intricate, branching blood vessels in lab-grown tissues. This approach to sugar 3D printed blood vessels is not entirely new: sugar has already been used in experiments with selective laser sintering and in bioprinting. In the research…
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Smart, 4D biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shape-shifting soft robots. Rafael Verduzco and graduate student Morgan Barnes of Rice’s Brown School of Engineering developed a method to print objects that can be manipulated to take on alternate forms…
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Unexpected worlds collide in this research project spearheaded by a team of mechanical engineers and computer scientists from the University of Minnesota. The group has developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, typically used for moviemaking, to print electronic sensors onto organs that are expanding and contracting.…
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