Team Uses 3D Printer To Restore Patient’s Face

The New York Observer reports in continuing coverage on its website and in an online video that a team from Indiana University has designed a new jaw for a 68-year-old Vietnam veteran who “lost the lower half of his face to tongue cancer.” The team “digitally designed a prosthesis” to complement the man’s face “perfectly.” According to the article, “Their process, dubbed the ‘IU Shirley Technique,’ is now being used to help other patients—representing the latest breakthrough in 3D printing prosthetics.”