Sbagliando s'impera

L’Università dello Stato di Washington ha usato una stampante 3D (è l’ultima modo per fare prototipi tridimensionali) per produrre strutture compatibili con il tessutio osseo, utili per le fratture, gli impianti dentali e l’osteoporosi.

In poche settimane, l’impalcatura funge da supporto per una crescita di nuove cellule ossee e viene riassorbita.

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3D printer used to make bone-like material | KurzweilAI

Washington State University researchers have used a 3D printer to create a bone-like material and structure for orthopedic procedures, dental work and to deliver medicine for treating osteoporosis. Paired with actual bone, it acts as a scaffold for new bone to grow on and ultimately dissolves with no apparent ill effects.

After just a week in a medium with immature human bone cells, the scaffold was supporting a network of new bone cells.

Printed bone-like material (credit: Washington State University)