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How 3D printing is personalizing health care

  • Written by Anne Schmitz, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Stout
How 3D printing is personalizing health careA girl, wearing her prosthetic hands, walks to school in Uruguay.AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico

Three-dimensional printing is transforming medical care, letting the health care field shift from mass-produced solutions to customized treatments tailored to each patient’s needs. For instance, researchers are developing 3D-printed prosthetic hands s...

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