drug delivery
Researchers Turn to Multi-Material 3D Printing to Develop Responsive, Versatile Smart Composites
3D printing technology has been used multiple times to help create drug delivery and release systems, from programmable release capsules and cancer drug-emitting implants to micro-rockets that deliver drugs inside…
New 3D Printing Method Combines Multiple Vaccines into One Shot
No one likes getting shots, and young children like getting shots least of all. Unfortunately, young children are typically the ones who need to get the most shots in the…
3D Printed Biomaterial Sleeves May Reduce the Risk of Body Piercing Infections
I got my first ear cartilage piercing when I was a freshman in high school, and had already removed it before I began my sophomore year – it had gotten…
10 Highlights of the EnvisionTEC 3D-Bioplotter’s Long Career
Last week, we took a look at what has become one of the most commonly used 3D bioprinters in the industry. The 3D-Bioplotter from EnvisionTEC has now been used in more…
Powerful Yet Painless: 3D Printed MucoJet Administers Oral Vaccines
3D printing is often associated with the DIY world, as well as the medical field—and it’s interesting today how the two sometimes meet in surprising ways from orthodontics to prosthetics…
University of Sheffield: 3D Printed Micro-Rockets Fueled for Thrust by Enzymes May Soon Deliver Drugs in Human Body
When you are really, really sick, often all you want to know is that help is on the way. As doctors see you, write prescriptions and offer treatments, it’s often…
