University of Minnesota researchers are using 3D printers to produce "realistic human tissue" for use in medical training. Why it matters: Practicing surgical techniques and other procedures on (close ...

Budding surgeons may soon train on stretchy, lifelike 3D-printed skin that oozes out blood and pus when cut.

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...

Other breakthroughs in medical tech have the potential to make key treatments more accessible, such as a low-cost nebulizer being developed in Pakistan. A team from Canada and California is working on ...

A team of engineers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has developed a tiny, flexible robotic arm that's designed to 3D print material directly on the surface of organs inside ...

SYDNEY, March 28 (Reuters) - A team of biomedical engineers in Australia have developed a small flexible robot that can be used to 3D print biomaterials directly inside the human body, in the hopes of ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

A groundbreaking biodegradable heart patch promises to repair damaged heart muscle by merging with tissue and dissolving ...

In order to keep surgeries minimally invasive, it would be great if implants could be injected into the body in liquid form, then solidified once in place. Well, a new ultrasound-based 3D printing ...

We’ve seen a few makers 3D scan themselves, and use those to print their own action figures or statuettes. Some have gone so far as building life-sized statues composed of many 3D printed parts. [Ivan ...

Glass made from amino acids could be used for optical devices implanted in the body that dissolve away after use. Many glass materials use compounds that aren’t easily recyclable and can be toxic for ...