Medical Research
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A new technique called MM3D (multimaterial multi-nozzle 3D) printing developed by Harvard’s Wyss Institute researchers uses high-speed pressure valves to achieve rapid, continuous, and seamless switching between up to eight different printing materials. This new technique enables the creation of complex shapes in a fraction of the time currently required…
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Israeli ceramic 3D printing company XJet is bringing its innovative NanoParticle Jetting Technology (NPJ) to yet another customer: KU Leuven University in Belgium. The installation of the Carmel 1400 3D printer at the university marks the first time XJet’s technology has been adopted by a European academic institution. Fittingly, KU…
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A team of researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY has achieved a breakthrough in the ability to 3D bioprint living, vascularized skin tissue. The team presented the new technique for producing skin tissue with integrated blood vessels in the journal Tissue Engineering Part A. The research project…
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Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK are developing a new 3D printing method for soft materials. The process, called Suspended Layer Additive Manufacturing (SLAM), can be used for biomaterials such as gels and collagens and could have applications in producing artificial implants for the medical sector. 3D…
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Scientists and engineers at the Fundación Markoptic in Culiacán, Mexico and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, have fabricated a novel 3D printed microvalve device that could reduce the effects of glaucoma. They used Nanoscribe’s 3D printer to create a complex microvalve that is only 300 µm…
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A team of researchers from the Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has made a breakthrough in 3D bioprinting which could overcome a significant challenge in the field related to lack of cellular density for functional organs. That…
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Microlight3D, a French company specializing in high-resolution, micro-scale 3D printing technologies, has received a European grant worth €747,000 ($822,000) for the nAngioDerm project in which it is a partner. A consortium of research groups from across Europe will distribute the funding, including ANR (the French National Research Agency), which is underwriting…
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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have been granted $1.95 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the use of a low-cost additive manufacturing process for creating a new type of high-density neural probe. The 3D printed probes, which will be developed using a new 3D printing process…
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A team of researchers from the Utrecht Medical Center and the École Polytechnique Fédéral Lausanne (EPFL) demonstrated the bioprinting of large living tissue constructs by processing cell‐friendly hydrogel‐based bioresins with a volumetric, visible light laser‐based printer. Authors of the study include bioprinting pioneers such as Professors Jos Malda and Riccardo Levato…
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is something of a mysterious disease. The demyelinating condition affects more than two million people around the globe—often with debilitating symptoms—yet has no known cure and the cause of the disease is still unknown. Recent research advances, including an effort from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
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