A pill to tackle epilepsy called Spritam has been approved for human use by the US Food and Drug Administration. The drug is made by a 3D printer, which creates the layers of the powdered drug. The benefits of this are that the pill dissolves faster in the human body and that doctors can deliver exactly the dose intended in the pill.
Thin Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Safe for Human Inhalation in First Controlled Clinical Trial
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Model life-size human heart 3D-printed out of cardiac tissue-like material
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AI can help spot when correlation does mean causation
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Engineer scoops major award for his life saving breathing device
This years Commonwealth Innovation Awards has been awarded to Nitesh Kumar Jangir, an Indian engineer, who created a breathing device...
Lego Braille bricks help visually impaired children learn
Lego has revealed its newest line of building blocks - however, these are a bit a different. The new Braille-based...