Jawbone 3 (IMAGE)

Rice University

Jawbone 3

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Gerry Koons, an M.D./Ph.D. student at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine, holds a 3D-printed bioreactor used to grow new bone for an implant inside the patient's own body.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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