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3D printing a new jaw bone

Dr Tali Sharot follows pioneering surgery in the Netherlands that replaces a patient's infected jaw bone with one created by a 3D printer. Could this one day help us survive on other planets?

Contains short graphic scenes of the operation.

4 minutes

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Dara O Briain's Science ClubSeries 1, Space

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