Advances in 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, are capturing attention in the health care field because...
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3D printed vitamins meeting growing demand for personalised nutrition
Major technological advances in the food production industry have created a space for forward-thinking firms like...
3D Printed Drug Delivery Implant Achieves Successful Clinical Trial for Parkinson’s Disease
A novel drug delivery system by the global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, was successfully used as part...
It’s Personal: Nourished 3D Prints Vitamins Tailored Exactly to Your Needs
If you’re like me, when shopping for vitamins you might pick up whatever’s on sale. After all, vitamins are mostly...
Perdose: 72 Ways That We Could Use 3D Printing To Make More Effective Pharmaceuticals
In a previous article, we looked at how SLS , SLA , inkjet and FDM are making pills customized. 3D printing...
The Weird and Wonderful World of 3D Printing
3D printing has been touted as being a manufacturing cure-all for a whole host of different applications. The reality...
3D Printing Could Give You a Better Pill to Swallow
In March 2017, 13-year-old Joseph was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. He has been undergoing treatment at Alder Hey...
Start-up launches made-to-order 3D gummies: ‘If anything should be personalised, it should be our health’
“With a plethora of information out there nowadays about health and wellness, it is seemingly impossible to figure out...
Personalized drug delivery in 3D
On a mission for innovation and translational science, Rahima Benhabbour is using 3D-printing technology and her...
FabRx: The First Clinical Study Using Personalized 3D Printed Pills (In Humans)
3D printing technology is becoming disruptive to the pharmaceutical industry. The manufacturing of personalized...
3D-printed pill forged at pharmacy could deliver drug cocktail in one go
To solve the headache of taking drug cocktails, Athlone-based researchers have found a way to combine pill into just...
Gut bacteria can affect health: Novel 3D pill to collect samples
Trillions of live microbes and more than a thousand species of bacteria thrive in your gut. They, in fact, outnumber...