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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — With a 3-D printer, a petri dish and some cells from a cow, U.S. researchers are growing synthetic ears that can receive — and transmit — sound. The Princeton University scientists ...

PRINCETON, N.J. -- With a 3-D printer, a petri dish and some cells from a cow, Princeton University researchers are growing synthetic ears that can receive -- and transmit -- sound. The scientists ...

When he was an assistant professor at Princeton University, Michael McAlpine led the development of a 3D-printed bionic ear. Now an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, he has gone on ...