Researchers in Germany have made a great breakthrough that could potentially revolutionize the future of regenerative medicine after they developed a mini 3D printer that’s capable of creating ...

Custom 3D-printed implants could transform how complex bone injuries are treated, shifting the focus from replacement to ...

Our bodies are constantly breaking down. Over time, their built-in repair mechanisms also fail. Knee cartilage grinds away. Hip joints no longer support weight. Treatments for breast cancer and other ...

You may not be able to grow bigger muscles out of thin air, but you can 3D print them in microgravity, scientists at ETH Zurich have now established. "3D printing" refers to a type of manufacturing ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Inside a quiet lab at the University of Texas at Austin, a plastic hand slowly emerges from a shimmering vat of liquid resin. It looks like something straight out of “The Terminator.” ...

A plump piece of farm-fresh chicken leg rested on a pristine surface at Harvard Medical School. Skin on and bone in, it was precisely sliced to barely crack the bone. A robot arm swerved over, scanned ...

We’ve come a long way from the Vacanti mouse. Back in the mid-90s, Charles Vacanti and other researchers experimented with cartilage regeneration and, with the help of a biodegradable mold and bovine ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – It sounds like something from a science fiction plot: So-called three-dimensional printers are being used to fashion prosthetic arms and hands, jaw bones, spinal-cord implants – and ...