What is the significance of 3D printing technology in medicine?
It means a lot. Take China as an example. China is a developing country with a large population. There are 1000 million patients with limbs, most of whom are disabled. Due to the lack of reconstruction surgery in the past, more than 3 million people were amputated; There are nearly 3 million bone defects and bone losses in China every year; There are countless injuries caused by car accidents and wars. Therefore, studying 3D printed bones can benefit more people with defects. More importantly, 3D printing can also be used for medical diagnosis and surgical planning, and can manufacture medical products, prototype equipment, biological models, anatomical models or scaffolds of biological tissues. What's even more powerful is that organs and vertebrae printed in 3D are immediately applied to medical treatment, which is a great event for the benefit of all mankind. This research is very meaningful. Recently, Pandorum Technologies, a biotechnology company in India, has developed a 3D printed living liver tissue, which simulates the liver function of the human body and provides a new choice for the local medical community to explore the latest drugs and vaccines. It is understood that this is also the first company in India to develop biological 3D printed liver tissue, laying an important foundation for the research and development of local 3D printed human organs. The artificial liver cells they developed can survive for up to 4 weeks. At present, the medical community has a high demand for biological 3D printed liver, which is the main organ of human body to resist toxins and is also considered to be the most complicated organ in human body. The breakthrough in the research of artificial functional tissue of 3D printing will greatly reduce animal and human experiments and help researchers develop the latest drugs and vaccines. Isn't it incredible to see here? There is an organ that can be printed at maturity, so it is still far from cloning.