Launch of research program funded by the French Army into 3D skin printing directly onto severe burn patients

The technology, which could soon be found in surgical theaters around the world, is being developed in conjunction with the French Direction Générale des Armées A French consortium composed of the SME LabSkin Creation, the Skin Substitutes Laboratory of the Hôpitaux Civils de Lyon, the Plateforme Technologique Innovante 3d.FAB (all Lyon, France) and the IMoPA laboratory (Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France), recently launched a research program funded by the French Direction Générale des Armées (DGA) to deploy a 3D printer able to print skin directly on severely burnt patients. The technology, which is hoped could be used in every surgical theater, is financed...