U-M doctors "print out" life-saving airway tube

Talk about being quick on your feet. Who would've thought a 3-D printer and some plastic could help to save a life?

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"In a medical first, doctors at  C.S. Mott Children's Hospital  of the  University of Michigan  in Ann Arbor used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.

It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab."

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