What is it about?

Printing of a 3D brain stricken by multiple sclerosis

Featured Image

Why is it important?

Extensions of this concept will hopefully transform ICU care

Perspectives

Scientists needs better tools to understand disease. 3D printing of tumors, in different organs, for instance, can now be used to aid surgical options, if needed. This can logically be extended to the medical world as well, and not restricted to the surgical arena.

Dr Jagannadha R Avasarala
Greenville Memorial Hospital

Read the Original

This page is a summary of: The first 3D printed multiple sclerosis brain: Towards a 3D era in medicine, F1000Research, August 2017, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.12336.1.
You can read the full text:

Read
Open access logo

Contributors

The following have contributed to this page