A girl injured in a fire and a woman recovering from cancer are expected to be among the first in the world to receive3D printingOne of the patients with ear.
Six-year-old Elizabeth and cancer survivor Tina Morgan visit researchers who use cloned cells to create new cartilage.Doctors hope this kind of cartilage builds up layer by layer3D printingmethods that allow them to create body parts that can be successfully transplanted into patients.
Elizabeth, from Birmingham, lost an ear, several fingers and scars in a fire when she was six months old. She needs daily therapy for pain relief and finds the Swansea University project “exciting”.Tina, from Messer Tedderfield, near Cardiff, was having skin cancer removed
Operation
Lost part of the ear. She said the project “could change our lives.”
This groundbreaking treatment uses human cells to remove facial scars
The current rebuild method is:
surgical
Doctors cut part of the rib and insert it under the skin to recreate the ear bone. Tina, however, did not want to undergo painful surgery. “When I saw this (3D printing) study, I thought it seemed like a more viable approach to help not only me but others,” she said.
Elizabeth’s father Liam called the research “incredible”, adding: “Elizabeth lost an ear so it would be amazing to 3D print an ear with her cells. We hope (it) It can benefit children so they don’t have to deal with the physical and mental effects of scars.”
Researcher Professor Ian Whittaker hopes to be carried out within ‘two to five years’
clinical
test.
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