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January 10, 2025

Handheld 3D printer used to grow replacement muscle tissue

An illustration of the device, with its fibrous scaffolding depicted at bottom-left

When someone suffers a loss of skeletal muscle – either through accident or disease – it can be very difficult getting new muscle to grow in its place. A new handheld device is designed to help, however, by directly depositing scaffolding within the patient’s body.

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Category: Medical, Science

Tags: University of Connecticut, 3D bioprinting, Muscle, New Atlas Audio

This article was first featured at https://ift.tt/2Tn4imR on February 28, 2020 at 01:57PM by Ben Coxworth

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