3D Printing Your Own Personalized Contact Lenses
John Jeffay via Israel21c – Lensy envisions that within a few years, the optometrist will check your vision, press a button and hand you a perfect pair of custom contact lenses. Instant…
Israeli Surgeons Correct Child’s Birth Defect with a 3D Printed Ear
Brian Blum via Israel21c – Israeli doctors attached a 3D-printed ear to a six-year-old boy born with microtia, a deformity that stops the development of a baby’s ear in the womb,…
Israeli Tissue Engineers 3D-Print An Ear
Brian Blum via Israel21c – A small percentage (0.1% to 0.3%) of babies are born with congenitally deformed ears. This can have a severe psychological impact, and sometimes involves hearing loss.…
Rapid 3D Printing Method Moves Toward 3D-Printed Organs
University at Buffalo via EurekAlert – BUFFALO, N.Y. — It looks like science fiction: A machine dips into a shallow vat of translucent yellow goo and pulls out what becomes a…
Researchers Use Hot Nano-Chisel to Create Artificial Bones in a Petri Dish
NYU Tandon School of Engineering via EurekAlert – BROOKLYN, New York, Monday, February 8, 2021 — A holy grail for orthopedic research is a method for not only creating artificial bone…
In First, Doctors Use AR and 3D Tech in Eye-Socket Surgery
Naama Barak via Israel21c – In a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors in northern Israel recently used augmented reality and 3D technology to repair a fracture in the floor of the eye socket…
Bayer, Tel Aviv University Test Drugs on 3D-Printed Hearts
ISRAEL21c staff via Israel21c – Partnership with Bayer calls for developing a platform for cardiotoxicity screening, using human heart tissues 3D-printed in Prof. Tal Dvir’s lab. Human heart tissues 3D-printed in Tel…
New Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering via Newswise – In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique…
Living Skin Can Now Be 3D-Printed with Blood Vessels Included
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute via EurekAlert- Development is significant step toward skin grafts that can be integrated into patient’s skin. TROY, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a…
A Swifter Way Towards 3D-Printed Organs
“Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard via EurekAlert – The ability to support living human tissues with vascular channels is a huge step toward the goal of creating…
Superheroes Meet 3D Printing to Give Israelis New Hands
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Israeli organization Haifa 3D utilizes cheap and cheerful technology to make bionic hands available to growing numbers of adults and children. Superman, Spiderman, Hello Kitty…