From Houston to Tel Aviv and Cape Town, researchers at the cutting edge of academia and industry are deploying the latest 3D printing technologies to create more relevant models for human drug safety testing, as well as generating organs that they hope will one day be implantable in humans and so shorten the organ transplant waiting list.
The technology is set to democratize and personalize manufacturing, and personalized medicine is also set to benefit.
The following articles illustrate just a few 3D printing applications in development:
