Medical Research
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Humans have long wanted to put a person on Mars, and today many steps towards achieving this decades-old goal are being taken. Things like housing, food, construction materials and medical treatments will be necessary in order for humans to exist on Mars, and researchers from space agencies and companies around…
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3D printing technologies are leading to impressive innovations in the medical sector, largely because of their ability to produce patient-specific models, implants and devices. A recent research development out of MIT could push the envelope even further for AM in healthcare, leading to new bespoke medical products, such as ankle…
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Researchers from the Columbia University Irving Medical Center are making headway in their work to treat human baldness thanks to 3D printing. The team, led by Angela Christiano, PhD, has found a way to grow human hair in a dish using stem cells and 3D printed plastic molds that mimic…
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PrinterPrezz, Inc., a California-based medical manufacturing company that specializes in metal 3D printing and nanotechnologies, is partnering with UCSF Surgical Innovations, an incubator-accelerator for medtech startups at the University of California, San Francisco. Through the partnership, PrinterPrezz and UCSF Surgical Innovations will establish a co-located innovation facility aimed at driving…
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Aspect Biosystems’ microfluidic 3D bioprinting platform is going to be used to develop highly physiological, high-throughput tissues for the accurate and predictive screening of immuno-therapeutics targeting difficult-to-treat cancers such as triple negative breast cancer. The $2.2M cancer drug screening project is made possible by contributions from CQDM, the Canadian Cancer Society,…
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A researcher from Texas A&M University has come up with a novel bioprinting technique that overcomes a number of existing challenges in printing 3D therapeutics for regenerative medicine. At the crux of the breakthrough is a new nanoclay platform, which makes bioprinting growth factors more feasible. One of the hurdles…
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Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders affect millions of people across the globe and are expected to become more prevalent as populations age. Despite how widespread the conditions are, however, there are still no real cures fo the diseases, only treatments to lessen or control symptoms. Fortunately, 3D bioprinting processes…
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We’ve become wary of headlines that read “Scientists 3D print human heart!” And with good reason. Still, there is sometimes something behind the headline that is of interest. In this case, a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University have 3D printed a small-scale heart that integrates vascularization, ventricles and…
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Though the rumoured alien origins of crystal skulls may be outlandish, there’s a new set of transparent skulls that could stir up innovations within the medical field. Researchers from the University of Minnesota have created 3D printed transparent skull implants for mice that can literally give more insight into how…
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Polish 3D printer company CD3D has launched what it calls the first open 3D bioprinting cluster in Europe. The cluster is located in Lodz, Poland and consists of 21 SKAFFOSYS bioprinter units, which will be used to pursue research and development in the biomedical arena. The new center, dubbed the…
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