Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a "groundbreaking" surgery, doctors transplanted a 3-D printed ear made of human cells on a 20-year-old woman. The first-of-its ...

A surgery for reconstructing a patient’s ear with her own tissue using 3D printing technology was successfully completed by doctors in the US. The breakthrough surgery may lead to new ways to treat ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is the first in the world to eliminate months of pain after surgical repair for microtia—a rare condition where a child is born with an ...

3DBio Therapeutics, a medical company specializing in the manufacture of 3D-bioprinted tissue, developed the makeshift ear by printing it in the exact shape of the patient’s left ear after a surgeon ...

KUTV — Microtia is a congenital condition characterized by the underdevelopment or absence of the external ear (auricle). This condition can affect one or both ears and varies in severity. For ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is the first in the world to eliminate months of pain after surgical repair for microtia – a rare condition where a child is born with ...

The ear reconstruction is part of a clinical trial for patients with microtia, a rare congenital deformity where one or both outer ears are absent or underdeveloped In a "groundbreaking" surgery, ...