3D printed polycaprolactone (PCL)
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Trachea, Aluminum Alloys & HP Color 3D Printers
A lot of research has gone into 3D printing parts of or splints for the trachea. Now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is offering patients bioresorbable trachea splints. The product might…
L’Oréal and University of Oregon’s 3D Bioprinting Breakthrough in Skin Models
A giant in the beauty industry, L’Oréal (EPA: OR) has made strides in skin research since the 1980s and, as of 2015, the company began exploring bioprinting. Recently, the brand…
ETH Zurich Develops Bioresorbable 3D Printed Airway Stent
ETH Zurich, along with University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich, have developed a bioresorbable airway stent. The custom made stents are 3D printed using digital light processing (DLP)…
3D Printing & Electrospinning Multi-Layer PCL-PGS Scaffolds with Bioactive Glasses
Sometimes, when researching tissue engineering, scientists must combine different fabrication methods and materials to build scaffolds that meet multiple requirements at once – mimic native tissue’s mechanical response, have biocompatibility,…
University of Manchester: Improved Cell Alignment with 3D Printed & Electrospun PCL Scaffolds
UK researchers from the University of Manchester are experimenting with 3D printing techniques for bioprinting, with their findings recently published in ‘Three-Dimensional Printing and Electrospinning Dual-Scale Polycaprolactone Scaffolds with Low-Density…
POSTECH Research Team Publishes Paper on Single-Step Process for 3D Bioprinting Synthetic Skin
I remember teachers asking the question, “What is the largest human organ?” in class many years ago, and most kids shouted out incorrect guesses, like the stomach or the brain….
Rice University Researchers Using OpenSLS 3D Printer to Create 3D Printed Lattices for Bone Tissue Engineering
The benefits of 3D printing today are universally appreciated, to include strength and quality in models and components that can be made quickly, offering greater affordability on most levels, and…