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3D Printers Are Now Helping Children With Deformities Regrow Misshapen Ears

Children born with congenital deformities may soon receive new, lab-grown ears made from their own cells.

In what’s being hailed as a world first in regenerative medicine, five children have received new ears grown from their own cells.

The children, living in China and ranging from age 6 to 10, were all born with microtia, a birth defect where at least one ear is underdeveloped. Traditional treatments for the condition involve either surgically attaching a synthetic ear or forming an ear from cartilage harvested from the patient’s ribs.

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