Medical Research
A team at the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering has built 3D printed models of the human brain that mimic the mechanical, thermal, and dielectric properties of real tissue.…
A team of researchers from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and IMDEA Materials Institute has developed a method for creating shape-changing devices through controlled material degradation, which opens up the…
February 6, 2026Italian hospital scaling 3D surgical planning
A urological surgery team at IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino in Genoa, Italy, has fully integrated 3D surgical planning into routine clinical practice. Nearly 300 kidney tumor reconstruction procedures have…
February 3, 2026In situ bioink mixing during 3D bioprinting is now a possibility
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a magnetically actuated mixing platform called MagMix that integrates directly into standard extrusion 3D bioprinters. The solution addresses a long-standing…
Nivalon Medical Technologies, an innovative spinal healthcare company, claims to have successfully produced the world’s first fully patient-specific, motion-preserving spinal implant built entirely without metal. Using XJet’s NanoParticle Jetting ceramic…
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3D printing method that can create complex replicas – like human hands – with varying hardness, from a single…
Researchers at a Chinese hospital have developed a surgical technique that combines 3D printed all-metal prostheses with mesh patches for the treatment of distal radial giant cell tumors (GCT). The…
ARPA-H, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, has awarded a Carnegie Mellon-led team financial backing that could reach up to $28.5 million as part of a project dedicated to…
January 13, 2026UNSW develops new 3D printed bone implant
According to the University of New South Wales (UNSW), a team of researchers has developed a new 3D printed implant that could transform how doctors treat fractures and bone injuries,…
According to Duke University School of Medicine, a team co-led by Julia Oh, PhD, a microbiologist and professor of integrative immunobiology at Duke School of Medicine, and Ibrahim Ozbolat, PhD, of…

