Growing ears from human cells in the lab: Bioengineers use 3D printing to make first prosthetics that look and act like real ones

Growing ears from human cells in the lab: Bioengineers use 3D printing to make first prosthetics that look and act like real ones | Mail Online: "Bioengineers have used 3D printing to achieve a breakthrough in prosthesis by creating the first artificial ears that look and act like real ones.



A new study by researchers at Cornell University, New York, shows how prosthetic ears almost indistinguishable from natural ones can be 3D printed using gels made of living cells. Not only that, but over a three-month period these flexible, artificial ears grew even their own cartilage to replace the collagen used to mould them."