A boy named Minghao - with a malignant tumor - lay in a Chinese orthopedics ward for more than two months, until a section of his ailing spine was replaced. This brief article offers hope for the many breakthrough medical applications made possible by 3-D printing: http://www.popsci.com/article/science/boy-given-3-d-printed-spine-implant?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=8&con=boy-given-a-3d-printed-spine-implant. |