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3D printing of body parts is coming fast – but regulations are not ready

  • Written by Dinusha Mendis, Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law and Co-Director of the Jean Monet Centre of Excellence for European Intellectual Property and Information Rights, Bournemouth University
The technology of producing biological parts is advancing, raising new legal and regulatory questions.Philip Ezze, CC BY-SA

In the last few years, the use of 3D printing has exploded in medicine. Engineers and medical professionals now routinely 3D print prosthetic hands and surgical tools. But 3D printing has only just begun to transform the...

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