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Deutsche Bahn grows AM railway applications with 3YOURMIND software Transportation

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Within the transport industry, German railway leader Deutsche Bahn was an early adopter of 3D printing technologies—five years ago, it even founded its own 3D printing division. As of 2018, the company reported having 3D printed nearly 15,000 spare parts and other products for its trains, including coat hooks, headrests, cable boxes and more. Now, the company is aiming to ramp up its additive efforts by extending its partnership with software provider 3YOURMIND.

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Functional bioprinted kidney tubules to be used for drug testing and improved dialysis Bioprinting

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Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis, Sc.D. is leading some of the most advanced and yet very real progress in 3D bioprinting. Unlike others, her team is not promising 3D bioprinted organs for transplants any time soon but nevertheless her research does focus on the body’s most complex biostructures, such as kidneys. In this latest study, Prof. Lewis and her team working within the Wyss Institute’s 3D Organ Engineering Initiative that she co-leads (and in collaboration with the Roche Innovation Center Basel in Switzerland), focused on renal reabsorption outside the human body, and specifically on proximal tubules.

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Janne Kyttanen: why going beyond the razor and blades business model will benefit 3D printing companies Editorials

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Imagine you are a large 2D printer manufacturer and you wish to get into the 3D printing game. You will probably think that if you create a great machine, 20% of your revenue will come from the machine sales and the rest will come from the materials. When we are talking about ink for 2D printers, whether you print a Mona Lisa or your shopping list on a piece of paper, the value and cost of the application is the same. In that case, it doesn’t really seem to matter what your customers print.