3D printing technology may soon provide medical students with a risk-free alternative for learning risky surgical procedures You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...

Surgeons carried out successful surgery on a baby ’s heart after practising on a 3D model of it. Pippa Fulton was born a month prematurely, weighing just 4.5lbs (2kg) and with several heart conditions ...

Scientists are developing custom 3D-printed replicas of human hearts - in an effort to improve life-saving technology fitted in thousands of patients each year. The models mimic blood flow and ...

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — A Sand Springs high school student played an important role in creating a needed training tool for Warren Clinic Maternal and Fetal Medicine. They now have a 3D fetal heart model ...

At 3 weeks old, Samantha underwent the first of four surgeries for congenital single-ventricle heart disease. She had been diagnosed before birth with the rare birth defect that left only half of her ...

Using models derived from human cells and tissues, called in vitro models, researchers designed a 3D organoid model that mimics how the human heart develops. The researchers saw how exposure to low ...