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3D-printed models of the brain will help people understand dementia better

3D-printed models of the brain will help people understand dementia better

Written by David

November 12, 2019

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Ricoh has partnered up with Alzheimer’s Research UK in an effort to help people better understand the diseases that cause dementia, while using 3D printing to visibly illustrate the effects of Alzheimer’s on the brain.

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This is all part of ‘ Dementia Uncovered ’, an awareness campaign that highlights the various diseases which can cause dementia and the way they affect sufferers. This campaign includes a number of short films highlighting the experiences of people who are living with different forms of dementia, as well as videos documenting the progress of the ongoing research for a cure.

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A previous film – which featured Simon Pegg – showed how Ricoh’s 3D printing tech can produce models to visibly show the effects of Alzheimer’s on the brain, as we mentioned at the outset. The idea is that doctors could use these kind of 3D-printed models to show patients exactly what’s going […]

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