Human ear 3D-printed to treat microtia
A biotechnology company has announced that it’s managed to reconstruct an ear, using 3D-printing, and is starting trials on microtia patients.
Source: cosmosmagazine.com
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A biotechnology company has announced that it’s managed to reconstruct an ear, using 3D-printing, and is starting trials on microtia patients.
3DBio Therapeutics, a biotech company in Queens, said it had for the first time used 3-D printing to make a body part with a patient’s own cells.
The woman was born with a rare birth defect.
The "groundbreaking" procedure appears to be the first 3D-printed implant made of living tissues.
Successful medical application of this technology a stunning advance in the field of tissue engineering