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3D printer to help build girl's nose

A 3D printer is to be used in ground-breaking surgery on a two-year-old girl. Tessa Evans was born with an extremely rare medical condition that means she has no nose or sense of smell. The surgery...

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I long for the day we can print a new body part, and snap it in when the old one gets worn out. We used to joke about it, but we were often serious all the same. This is interesting.

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Yeah, it's not like printing an A4 letter, it can take days even with non-living material. To do it with living tissue is quite remarkable. Although it will not be a working nose, in that she still...

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Well the problem with the 6 dollar man, was it was all hardware. I wonder if they will be able to come up with something like "T-cell" printing fluids, where the T-cells 'become' the tissue they are...

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