Check out the current medical research at WPT regenerating muscle tissue to help those who suffer major trauma and at WSU creating "bone-like" material using a 3D printer to repair injuries.
Regenerated Muscle Tissue Could Help Those Who Suffer Major Trauma
A team of scientists from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and CellThera have regenerated functional muscle tissue in mice, opening the door for a new clinical therapy to treat people who suffer major muscle trauma.
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Engineers Pioneer Use of 3D Printer To Create New Bones
It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer.
A 3D printer is being used to create "bone-like" material which researchers claim can be used to repair injuries. The engineers say the substance can be added to damaged natural bone where it acts as a scaffold for new cells to grow. It ultimately dissolves with "no apparent ill-effects", the team adds.
The Washington State University researchers say doctors should be able to use the process to custom-order replacement bone tissue in a few years time.
