Bio-Printers Are Churning out Living Fixes to Broken Spines
Bio-Printers Are Churning out Living Fixes to Broken Spines
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 15, 20195m 44s
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Show Notes
For doctors and medical researchers repairing the human body, a 3D printer has become almost as valuable as an x-ray machine, microscope, or a sharp scalpel. Bioengineers are using 3D printers to make more durable hip and knee joints, prosthetic limbs and, recently, to produce living tissue attached to a scaffold of printed material.
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