“The new ears could provide the solution long sought by reconstructive surgeons to treat thousands of children born with the congenital deformity microtia, along with those who suffered ear loss to cancer or in an accident. Cornell biomedical engineers and physicians said the flexible ears grew cartilage over three months to replace the collagen used to mold them. Bonassar and his colleagues first constructed the ears with a digitized 3D image of a person’s ear that served to build a mold of a solid ear using a 3D printer. A high-density, injectable gel made of living cells helped fill the mold. Once the mold removed, cartilage was grown on the collagen.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/21/lifelike-ears-created-with-3d-printing/
Related posts:
Japan Fukushima panel proposals include Tepco breakup
All the Infrastructure a Tyrant Would Need, Courtesy of Bush and Obama
Toronto Reviews Bid to Become Yuan Currency Trading Hub
Sheldon Adelson Becomes Obama Ally as Jewish Groups Back Syria Strike
Putin grants French actor Gerard Depardieu Russian citizenship
Trust in Gold Not Bernanke as U.S. States Promote Bullion
Police, Looking for 6 Foot 270 lb Black Man, Shoot 2 Asian Women Delivering Newspapers
Brunei Darussalam looks to a new stock bourse to diversify economy
U.S. Regulators Mull Yanking Access To USD As Punishment For Banks
Russia offers to consider possible Edward Snowden asylum request
Could the U.S. delay Obamacare’s mandate for individuals, too?
U.S. immigration forms project digitizes one form, at cost of $1 billion
A Desperate US Mint Testing New Metals to Make Coins Cheaper to Mint
Seymour Hersh on bin Laden death: ‘One big lie, not one word of it is true’
JPMorgan Bribe Probe Said to Expand in Asia as Spreadsheet Is Found