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Researchers develop realistic replica of adult human ear using 3D printing

Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Engineering have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and feels ...
Business Wire

3DBio Therapeutics and the Microtia-Congenital Ear Deformity Institute Conduct Human Ear Reconstruction Using 3D-Bioprinted Living Tissue Implant in a First-in-Human Clinical Trial

- AuriNovo™ an investigational, 3D-bioprinted implant was created using a proprietary process leveraging the patient’s own tissue to generate an implantable ear - NEW YORK & SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS ...
Seattle Times

Doctors transplant 3D printed ear made of human cells

A 20-year-old woman who was born with a small and misshapen right ear has received a 3D printed ear implant made from her own cells, the manufacturer announced on Thursday. Independent experts said ...
Medscape

Human Tissue On-Demand: How 3D Bioprinting Works

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 ...
People

'Groundbreaking' Surgery Gives Woman a 3-D Printed Ear Made of Human Cells

The ear reconstruction is part of a clinical trial for patients with microtia, a rare congenital deformity where one or both outer ears are absent or underdeveloped In a "groundbreaking" surgery, ...