University of Minnesota researchers are using 3D printers to produce "realistic human tissue" for use in medical training. Why it matters: Practicing surgical techniques and other procedures on (close ...

That gap between training models and real organs has limited how well medical professionals can prepare before entering the ...

Budding surgeons may soon train on stretchy, lifelike 3D-printed skin that oozes out blood and pus when cut.

A groundbreaking biodegradable heart patch promises to repair damaged heart muscle by merging with tissue and dissolving ...

Other breakthroughs in medical tech have the potential to make key treatments more accessible, such as a low-cost nebulizer ...

Swedish researchers have developed two types of 3D bioprinting technology to artificially generate skin containing blood ...

SYDNEY, March 28 (Reuters) - A team of biomedical engineers in Australia have developed a small flexible robot that can be used to 3D print biomaterials directly inside the human body, in the hopes of ...

Engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a miniature and flexible soft robotic arm that could be used to 3D-print biomaterial directly onto organs inside a person's body. 3D-bioprinting is a process ...

A team of engineers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has developed a tiny, flexible robotic arm that's designed to 3D print material directly on the surface of organs inside ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

Andy Altman covered all things science and tech. He led production on CNET's award-winning limited documentary series Hacking the Apocalypse. He also created and co-hosted our video series What the ...

We’ve seen a few makers 3D scan themselves, and use those to print their own action figures or statuettes. Some have gone so far as building life-sized statues composed of many 3D printed parts. [Ivan ...