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Graftless Bone Transplants Soon to Be Reality: ADAM Takes 3D Bones to Clinical Trials (press release)
On the shady campus of the BioCT accelerator in Groton, Connecticut, ADAM Project is preparing to take a solution to a decades-long health problem to clinical trials. The bone printing startup is currently prototyping two types of 3D-printed bones as safe, functional substitutes for traditional bone transplants. One type is made from ceramic, which merges with the patient’s tissue, the other from polymer. What’s unique about ADAM is that the bones they print can be constructed nearly as easily as any 3D-printed commodity.
3D printing has been discussed as something of a magic bullet of organ and bone transplants for some time — and that’s just the problem. It has been nearly two decades since the first bioprinting efforts began, and yet in hospitals and clinics, the transplantation process remains relatively unchanged. Bioprinted bones are much simpler to engineer than tissues or organs, but finding the right materials has, nonetheless, been a major roadblock to mass adoption.
Using inorganic but bioabsorbable materials, ADAM’s appro...
