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HOW IS 3D PRINTING CHANGING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING?

3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, hasn’t been around

for long but has already shown tremendous potential. This technology has
enabled manufacturers and hobbyists alike to produce parts quickly and
cheaply. As printing methods and materials advance, these benefits can
apply to biomedical engineering as well.

More Affordable Bionics and Prosthetics

High costs are one of the most significant issues across all medical
fields. Cutting-edge treatments and technologies are typically expensive,
which can prevent many patients from accessing the best health care.
This issue is especially poignant in prosthetics and bionics, where only
15% of American amputees can cover the cost of a prosthesis.

3D-Printed Organs

While most additive manufacturing applications deal with plastic

filaments, that’s not all the technology can do. A subset called bioprinting
prints with biomaterials like cells. This process can create artificial organs
that look, feel and behave like real ones, which could revolutionize organ
transplants.

Improved Disease Research

Disease research can be a complicated field. There are so many variables

involved between patients that it can be near-impossible to predict how a
patient might respond to a condition. 3D printing can help in this area, too.
Research centers can bioprint replica organs and disease cells like
cancers, observing how they interact in a laboratory environment.

3D Printing Will Forever Change the Medical Field

3D printing has already disrupted the manufacturing industry, and it

will likely do the same to biomedical engineering. This technology is still
young and has yet to see widespread adoption, but its potential is too vast
to ignore. As materials become more affordable and varied and bioprinting
techniques advance, medical printing will take off.
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HOW IS 3D PRINTING CHANGING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING?

It will allow producing parts of the human body in a cheaper and

faster way, so, biomedical engineers must prepare for a future where they
are going to create these machines. Most people can’t afford bionics and
prosthetics in order to replace a human body’s part; however, 3D Printing
will change that. With this new technology we will be able to create
artificial organs that actually work just like the original ones. 3D Printing
will help in disease research by creating replica organs and cells just so
doctors can see how the disease is affecting the organ. It will be
revolutionary when everybody who needs it can use a 3D Printed human
part and it will change forever the medical field.

I used the Prediction as a Psycholinguistic Strategy because for me

it was kind of obvious the fact that 3D Printing is something revolutionary
and it is easy to imagine or in this case ‘guess’ the benefits that It will
provide to society. The previous hypothesis created by me is good
because all of the things I wrote were supported in the actual reading, for
example: ‘This technology has enabled manufacturers and hobbyists alike
to produce parts quickly and cheaply’

 Direct Keys:
1. Also called additive manufacturing.
2. As printing methods and materials advance, these benefits can
apply to biomedical engineering as well.
3. While most additive manufacturing applications deal with plastic
filaments, that’s not all the technology can do.
4. And it will likely do the same to biomedical engineering.
5. But its potential is too vast to ignore.

 Indirect Keys:
1. Technology (Hip.)
2. Process (Sin.)
3. Issue (Sin.)
4. Medical Field (Hip.)
5. Disease (Hip.)