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Lara: when 3d printers first went mainstream, many imagined a world where some households would be creating missing pieces of board games or spare parts to fix their cars. the reality has actually probably been more impressive because we're getting 3d—printed houses and even 3d—printed body parts. and some of the latest trials involve printing bones for people who've had cancer. researchers at king's college london and clinicians at guy's and st thomas' nhs foundation trust are collaborating on a project to help cancer patients like colin. i'd quite a few appointments, first of all. i had ...

We'll have the headlines and all the main news stories straight after this programme. lara: when 3d printers first went mainstream, many imagined a world where some households would be creating missing pieces of board games or spare parts to fix their cars. the reality has actually probably been more impressive because we're getting 3d—printed houses and even 3d—printed body parts. and some of the latest trials involve printing bones for people who've had cancer. researchers at king's college london and clinicians at guy's and st thomas�* nhs foundation trust

Are collaborating on a project to help cancer patients like colin. i'd quite a few appointments, first of all. i had several tests and a biopsy, which then diagnosed me with cancer. you've got to look at what the alternative is if you don't have it done, isn't it, really? i mean, everybody says that word, �*cancer,’ so you imagine it can spread here, there and everywhere. in a number of cases of lung, bone or metastatic breast cancer, removing the area around the tumour means the need to take away some of the chest wall. but here, 3d printing is being used to help create something that can...

Thoracic surgeons for many years. this cement was modelled at the time of surgery on the patient, just to create a fixed area, like, to replace the ribs or the sternum removed at the time of surgery. then the 3d—printed started and we started to use the titanium. but prosthetics made from titanium are expensive, so this team has developed a novel way, using 3d printing. this is the 3d—printed model of the prosthesis. i place that into a box and then mix these two parts together. i pour them over this plastic printed part. then once that silicone — like, the liquid silicon cures after abo...

This is bbc news, we'll have the headlines and all the news, straight after this programme. when 3d printers first went mainstream, many imagined a world where some households would be creating missing pieces of board games or spare parts to fix their cars. the reality is actually probably been more impressive because we're getting 3d printed houses and even 3d printed body parts,