3 Ways in Which a 3D Printer Could One Day Save Your Life
This article appeared as an op-ed on my column in The Washington Post.
When four-month-old Lucy Boucher needed a kidney transplant, her 35-year-old father donated her a kidney. The transplant surgeons' challenge was figuring out how to fit an adult kidney in an infant, connecting it with Lucy's tiny blood vessels, making a complex procedure even more complicated and risky. It was recently revealed that Lucy was the first to have an adult-to-child kidney transplant aided by 3D printing. Realistic... Читать дальше...