cancer
Tiny 3D Printed Hydrogel Geneva Drive Internally Delivers Precise Doses of Medicine on Command
A Geneva drive is a two-geared mechanism which turns a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, thus producing very precise ticks forward. It was developed by Swiss watchmakers, and…
Siemens: 3D Imaging Increases Breast Cancer Detection Rate by 93%
$95 billion company Siemens, the world’s largest Europe-based engineering company, recently revealed that 3D imaging technologies can detect breast cancer and tumors significantly earlier and more efficiently compared to traditional…
3D Printed Tadpole Endoscope to Improve Cancer Diagnosis
There’s a strong human instinct to avoid knowing bad news as if somehow that prevents it from being real. The consequences of succumbing to this kind of irrational desire can…
3D Printing Gives Cancer Patient New Ribs and Sternum in First-of-Its-Kind Surgery
Stories of 3D printing being used to create custom medical implants are becoming more and more commonplace. However, there’s something so akin to a miracle in the way that the…
Chinese Man With Rare Form of Cancer Receives First 3D Printed Sacrum Bone in Breakthrough Surgery
3D printing has played a huge role in making the impossible possible. This certainly has pertained to the medical field quite a lot as of late, as doctors from around…
3D Systems Announces First Virtual Reality Robotic Prostatectomy Training and Soft Tissue Model
You might have thought that you could skip this year’s Annual Meeting for the American Urological Association, taking place in New Orleans on May 15 – 19, but if you…
Man 3D Prints His Own Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer Tumors Prior to And After Chemotherapy
One of the scariest things that anyone can hear coming from their doctor’s mouth are the following three words: “You have cancer.” Instantly panic begins to set in, and dozens…
3D Printed Personalized Mold Contributes to Advances in Prostate Cancer Diagnoses
Advances in imaging techniques are changing the way in which prostate cancer can be detected and treated. However, these techniques have yet to be perfected and there is room for…
UA Researchers Use 3D Printing to Help Fight Cancer
Medicine and 3D printing continue to merge with one another. We have seen numerous applications for 3D printing within the medical field, most centering around 3D bioprinting. Today the University…
