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How 3D Printed Body Parts Are Changing Medicine
« on: May 14, 2013, 04:06:05 PM »
Not particularly Linux related, but very interesting, nonetheless.

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In the 1990s, scientists received a lot of attention for their work cloning animals (remember Dolly the sheep?), and questions were raised about whether scientists were taking things a bit too far. These days, 3D printing and its potential for creating artificial human tissue could raise some of those same questions. A number of 3D body parts have been printed and used in transplants and reconstructive operations.

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