Cornell University Bioprints a Functional Ear
From: RapidReady by Desktop Engineering
By: John Newman

Additive manufacturing (AM) has been a natural fit for prosthetic development
and manufacturing, and now Cornell University and the Weill Cornell Medical
College have taken prosthetics research to a whole new level with a
bioprinted ear. 

While every prosthesis is designed to be functional (and some to have
artistic merit), they are artificial replacements for living material. Not so
with the ear developed by Dr. Jason Spector and Dr. Lawrence J. Bonassar. The
bioprinting process uses living material to create a structure that remains
alive after being implanted and becomes another functional biological part of
the human body. 

Read the entire article and view a video (1:52) at:
http://www.rapidreadytech.com/2013/02/cornell-university-bioprints-a-functional-ear/

Links:
New Bioengineered Ears Look and Act Like the Real Thing
http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/wcmc/wcmc_2013/02_20_13-2.shtml

Jason Spector
http://www.weillcornell.org/physician/jaspector/

Weill Cornell Medical College
http://www.med.cornell.edu/#id=71

Bioprinting is the Additive Manufacturing of Medical Science
http://www.rapidreadytech.com/2012/02/bioprinting-is-the-additive-manufacturing-of-medical-science/

Bespoke Innovations Brings Style to Prosthetics through 3D Printing
http://www.rapidreadytech.com/2012/03/bespoke-innovations-brings-style-to-prosthetics-through-3d-printing/