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Jan 3, 2016

Cartilage growing to rebuild body parts ‘within three years’

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical

Patients needing surgery to reconstruct body parts such as noses and ears could soon have treatment using cartilage which has been grown in a lab.

The process involves growing someone’s cells in an incubator and then mixing them with a liquid which is 3D printed into the jelly-like shape needed.

It is then put back in an incubator to grow again until it is ready.

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