Health & medicine

Redwire successfully prints the first human knee meniscus in orbit

It represents a great advance in 3D bioprinting for the medical sector for the benefit of human health and opens the door to better treatments for this type of injuries. This milestone has been carried out in the 3D biofabrication facility (BFF) that Redwire Corporation, an American infrastructure technology company and aerospace manufacturer, owns on the International Space Station (ISS). ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: Redwire

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Health & medicine

A guide for the proper functioning of 3D printing in Dentistry

Prepared by the American Dental Association (ADA), it offers customized and free information on this technology for professionals in the sector.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: odontology BRAND: ADA

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Health & medicine

3D printing speeds up prosthetic production for Ukraine war amputees

With nearly half a million amputees in war-torn Ukraine, the Canadian non-profit Victoria Hand Project (VHP) is combining innovative materials from BASF Forward AM with the robust output of UltiMaker 3D printers to provide high-quality prosthetics. performance to those who urgently need them. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: prostheses BRAND: BASF

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Health & medicine

The launch of a new biocompatible hydrogel resin marks the begin of a new era in bioprinting

The novel resin allows 2-photon polymerization (2PP) 3D-printing from micro- to meso-scale at highest resolution. The reactivity and easy processing of the material permits the fabrication of complex and versatile organ- or lab-on-chip designs ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: UpNano

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Health & medicine

Researchers Develop a 3D Printed Dressing Capable of Healing Wounds and Burns Faster

This dressing has been produced by 3D printing and with smart hydrogel materials for use as reusable bandages that could improve the treatment of burn and cancer patients. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting

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Health & medicine

'3D BIO-FACE', the project on 3D bioprinting that advances in facial reconstructions

This pioneering project carried out by researchers from the UK-based Scar Free Foundation focuses on 3D bioprinting of facial cartilage using human cartilage-specific stem/progenitor cells and nanocellulose bioinks for facial reconstruction. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting

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Health & medicine

3D bioprinting of living cells in internal organs

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have unveiled a small, flexible 3D bioprinter that has the ability to be inserted into the body like an endoscope and directly deliver multi-layered biomaterials to the surface of organs and tissues internal. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: UNSW

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Health & medicine

Engineers Create a Fully Functional 3D Printed Heart

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have developed a procedure to 3D print a soft, flexible replica of the heart in an effort to help doctors tailor treatments to the specific shape and function of patients' hearts. patients   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: health prototypes BRAND: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Health & medicine

3D printed functional arteries

CIC biomaGUNE, the Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials, has set up a new research group on Hybrid Biofunctional Materials which aims to obtain in vitro cell models using three-dimensional printing for the preclinical study of a range of cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary diseases and the testing of new drugs, for example. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: CIC biomaGUNE

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Health & medicine

3D Printed Mini-Robots That Could Heal Internally

A new gelatinous crawling robot, powered by nothing more than temperature change and cleverly designed, brings "a new perspective" to the field of soft robotics. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: Johns Hopkins University

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