Health & medicine

Researchers create a biological ink for bioprinting derived from jellyfish

Jellagen and Copner Biotech have successfully completed the first project for 3D bioprinting. Copner Biotech has developed a state-of-the-art, high-precision bioprinting software and hardware platform, while Jellagen has harnessed the potential of an ancient species of jellyfish to develop technology compatible with bioink applications. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: Jellagen

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Health & medicine

A big step towards the biofabrication of organs

The breakthrough was made possible by a new additive textile manufacturing method, Focused Rotary Jet Spinning (FRJS), a technology much faster than 3D printing. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: Harvard John A. Paulson

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Health & medicine

Renishaw: improving the precision of medical products through additive manufacturing

As medical devices become more compact, complex, and discrete, medical device manufacturers require innovative technology that allows them to stay ahead of the curve and produce high-quality, precise components. A successful case of integrating 3D printing in the orthopedic business ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: health prototypes BRAND: Renishaw

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Health & medicine

The most complex 3D printed lung scaffolds ever printed

They are demonstrating gas exchange in animal models and, thanks to this breakthrough, United Therapeutics Corporation expects human clinical trials of 3D-printed cellularized lungs within the next five years. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: 3D Systems

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Health & medicine

Reconstruction of a human ear using a 3D bioprinted living tissue implant

The company 3DBio Therapeutics and the Microtia-Congenital Ear Deformity Institute, in the USA, have carried out the AuriNovo project, an investigational 3D bioprinted implant, which uses a patented process that takes advantage of the patient's own tissue to generate a implantable ear ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Bioprinting BRAND: 3DBio Therapeutics

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Health & medicine

They create synthetic fur with hair that has functional 3D sensors

For the first time, scientists at Chemnitz University of Technology and Leibniz IFW Dresden develop a new approach for the miniaturization of highly integrated, ultra-compact, soft sensor units for directional touch sensitivity in e-skin systems ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Scientific laboratory BRAND: TU Chemnitz

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Health & medicine

Deciphering the origins of the spinal column thanks to 3D technology

EMBL Barcelona scientists have recapitulated for the first time in the laboratory how the cellular structures that give rise to our spinal column form sequentially ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances BRAND: EMBL Barcelona

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Health & medicine

3D printed pills, Colgate's innovative solution to take care of oral health

Nourished, a personalized nutrition services company, has partnered with the oral health care company to offer an innovative new 3D-printed chewable “candy” that adds a new dimension to personalizing oral wellness.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Scientific laboratory BRAND: Nourished

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Health & medicine

A platform to produce personalized drug treatments

CurifyLabs and Natural Machines partner to produce personalized medications on-site at pharmacies and hospitals. The offer includes a 3D printer compatible with the pharmaceutical industry ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances BRAND: Natural Machines

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Health & medicine

World's first 3D human spinal cord tissue transplant designed

The breakthrough, which has been made at Tel Aviv University (TAU), offers new hope for helping people with paralysis to walk again. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances

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