What’s particularly attractive about the technology, according to its proponents, is that 3D printers can produce body parts much quicker and cheaper than other methods.

Being able to 3D print biomedical devices directly in the human body will also allow for less intrusive surgery options, depending on the situation. The bio ink relies on targeted application.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A group of doctors recently discovered how to create a special ink that's capable of 3D printing within the human body. This discovery could have major medical implications as ...

3D printed models of jaw and implants from flesh-friendly materials, at Sparsh Hospital Bengaluru | Photo: Ananthapathmanabhan, ThePrint Sci-fi to surgery, Bengaluru startups are 3D-printing human ...

An elderly woman is the first person in the world to be fitted with a 3D-printed body part–a new lower jaw. According to the BBC, the 83-year-old patient had long suffered from a badly infected ...

However, it’s less ideal if you’re trying to do things inside of the human body. Despite this, there’s a lot of potential for internal 3D printers to do things like repair broken bones and ...

The last team is working on the project’s most ambitious effort, printing a human liver. Bio printers work on the same principle as 3D printers but use a different media to build solid objects.

If we could 3D print new custom body par/ts to suit the individual, it would solve a lot of problems. A new ear implant pioneered by 3DBio Therapeutics has achieved just that. Grown To Order ...

Traditional 3D printers haven’t had the ability to print at the size, strength and function needed for parts that would actually work inside the human body, according to the researchers. But in ...