Doctors use 3D bioprinter to create a splint for baby’s blocked throat

April 7, 2017May 23, 2013 by Brian Wang

The Youngstown, Ohio, baby turned blue again and again as his little airways collapsed and kept air from reaching his lungs. But doctors used a 3-D bioprinter to custom-make a splint that is holding his airway open and helping him breathe. Now 19-month-old Kaiba Gionfriddo is “into everything”, says his mother, April Gionfriddo. “Quite a …

Piecemeal Repair and Replacement of the Brain as a pathway to radical life and health extension

April 7, 2017March 12, 2013 by Brian Wang

Professor Berger (USC) is a bio medical engineer and a developer of neuro prosthesis technology . Professor Berger research work is at his USC website Professor Berger was the first to replace the function of a hippocampus in a rat brain with a chip. He develops “neuron–silicon interface” technology using silicon-based, multisite electrode arrays and …