<story><title>Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal implant</title><url>https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/07/teenager-can-walk-again-thanks-to-dutch-3d-printed-spinal-implant/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>catoc</author><text>Fact check:&lt;p&gt;1. This was not published in The Lancet (a prestigious medical journal) but in the Lancet Digital Health a similar sounding spin-off journal without an impact factor that uses a pay to publish model (pay around $5000 and you get published)&lt;p&gt;2. No bones or anatomic parts were printed. What was printed is this: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;els-jbs-prod-cdn.literatumonline.com&amp;#x2F;cms&amp;#x2F;attachment&amp;#x2F;591a00c3-3865-428b-b74a-eaa94108fa5a&amp;#x2F;gr2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;els-jbs-prod-cdn.literatumonline.com&amp;#x2F;cms&amp;#x2F;attachment&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal implant</title><url>https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/07/teenager-can-walk-again-thanks-to-dutch-3d-printed-spinal-implant/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ineedasername</author><text>This is pretty awesome. And sure, right now it&amp;#x27;s limited to high end tech at the bleeding edge of medicine, but I fully hope this will inspire the current gen owners of glowforges, makerbots, xcarves, and all of their off-brand alternatives to begin making over-engineered, novel, and interesting finger splints or Band-Aids or other diy-friendly med tech.</text></comment>