The ability to 3D print different materials has expanded in recent years. Before, 3D printing metals seemed like a ludicrous concept, and now it is one of the leading 3D printing-associated industries ...

More than 7 million people in the United States suffer from chronic, large, or non-healing skin wounds, such as those from diabetic pressure ulcers. These wounds come at a great cost to the patient as ...

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While we're making progress in phasing out animal testing in the cosmetics industry around the world, there's still a ways to go in terms of regulatory measures (some 35 US states still allow it), ...

At TU Wien, researchers are developing three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques that can be used to create living biological tissue—for example, to study skin diseases. Roughly one-quarter of Europe ...

The potential for 3D photography to improve melanoma early detection is a topic of increasing interest in the medical community. With skin cancer rates rising globally, there is a push to develop more ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a handheld 3D skin printer that can apply layers of skin tissue directly onto patients to cover and heal wounds. According to the researchers, ...

Inside a lab in Toronto, researchers are testing a device that looks a little like a dispenser for packing tape–but instead of tape, it lays down thin, squishy strips of 3D-printed skin. For someone ...

While bioengineered skin holds great promise for people such as burn victims, the material has so far only been produced in flat sheets. Now, however, scientists have devised a method of growing it in ...

A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a portable device that produces high-resolution 3D images of human skin within 10 minutes. The team said the ...