3D printing is already used in medicine in many applications, but there’s still a great deal that custom-built implants could offer to patients. Bioinks, the materials from which bespoke implants can printed, may be the most important focus of research aimed at expanding the use of additive manufacturing, another term for 3D printing, in medicine. Typically, bio-compatible inks have to be developed for a specific application, but researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland report on a new ink that can…
