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Medical Breakthrough

3D Printed Scaffolds May Help Cancer Patients Regrow Breast Tissue After Mastectomy

by Hanna Watkin
Published Nov 26, 2018

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology are working on regrowing breast tissue after a patient has undergone a mastectomy. To achieve this, they are implanting a 3D printed biodegradable polymer scaffold.