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Podcast: The Future of Everything
Episode: Joseph DeSimone: How 3D printing is changing medicine
Description: Oft-heralded 3-dimensional printers can build objects ranging from simple spoons to advanced running shoes.While those objects are usually made very slowly, the latest printing technologies portend a new era of 3D printing in real-time for use in health care. The possibilities are endless, says Joseph DeSimone, who is an expert in translational medicine – the field of transferring promising technological breakthroughs into real-world products. He says printers he developed have led to the first FDA-approved 3D printed dentures, ultra-thin microneedles that make it easier and more effective to deliver vaccines, and even implantable chemotherapy dev...