The 3D printing boom has been changing the medical field in recent years. Engineers have discovered ways to print viable organ tissue and mini organs that have the potential to impact drug and ...

Using 3D printers to create biological structures has become widespread. Printing electronics has made similar advances, particularly for low-cost, low-power disposable items. The first successful ...

DBS implants can dramatically short-circuit a debilitating tremor, and let those afflicted eat a steak dinner unscathed, but the average Joe won't be wanting one of them anytime soon. On the other ...

A new prosthetic can improve the hearing of children suffering with microtia using 3D printing to create custom plastic prosthetics, reports Forbes. 1. Aided by developments in 3D bioprinting, human ...

In the past few months, scientists have found they could run living cells through a 3D printer and keep them in working condition. So it was a matter of time that scientists were going to find a way ...

Researchers at Princeton University have produced a bionic ear, using a 3-D printer to produce an ear-shaped chunk of silicone mixed with bovine cells and infused with tiny particles of silver that ...

The Queen at the Bionic ear institute being shown the implant by Dr Graeme Clark. Photo: Jason South The inventor of the bionic ear has revealed new Australian university trials that could help with ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Bionic ear maker Cochlear has been forced to begin a global recall of the world's thinnest hearing implants after some stopped working. The Sydney-based company, which dominates the ...