A joint Queensland-China research centre will use 3D printing technology to repair ageing body parts.
QUT Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Margaret Sheil said that the research centre, which is a collaboration between QUT and researchers with the Chinese Academy of Science in Shanghai, will aim to manufacture biomaterials for bone and cartilage repair, skin regeneration and joint reconstruction.
Speaking in Shanghai, QLD Deputy Premier Jackie Trad said that the development of research into the field of living tissue replacements would help ease the burden of Queensland’s ageing population on the state health service.