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Doctors and scientists at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City printed and used a 3D kidney to help save a patient's organ during a complicated tumor-removal procedural.

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For the first time ever, scientists are successfully 3D printing actual, living human kidneys. Like the human livers printed in the past, the kidney are currently miniature in size, but with about ...

Doctors used a 3D-printed model to help transplant a father’s kidney into his 3-year-old son.Physicians took three-dimensional scans of Dexter Clark's abdomen to make the transplant from his ...

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Thanks to the 3D-printed model of the organ, doctors were able to maneuver around those sensitive areas and successfully remove the tumor and ultimately save the patient's kidney.

Biomedical company Organovo showed off its technique for 3D printing human kidney tissue at the 2015 Experimental Biology conference in Boston.

3D-printed model of her father’s kidney saved a young mother's live in innovative surgery at Belfast City Hospital. In an amazing medical first, a young mother has been given a new lease on life ...

Doctors used a 3D-printed model to help transplant a father’s kidney into his 3-year-old son.Physicians took three-dimensional scans of Dexter Clark's abdomen to make the transplant from his ...

The 3D-printed model allowed doctors to study the patient's kidney in 3D to determine how to best remove the tumor as it was located in a precarious location adjacent to vital arteries and veins.