Landmark Transplant Turns 3D Bioprinting on Its Ear
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Image caption: A 3D-printed outer ear made from living human cartilage cells could be transplanted onto a patient’s head. Image credit: 3DBio Therapeutics. Article by Elie Dolgin. IEEE Spectrum – June 7, 2022.
A reconstructed ear made of living cells could herald a new era of 3D-printed organs
More than a quarter-century after scientists first grew a humanlike ear on the back of a mouse, surgeons in San Antonio have successfully used a 3D printer to reconstruct an outer ear made of living cells for a young woman with a congenital ear deformity—no creepy-looking mice required. Researchers […]
