An Australian-made 3D-printed sternum and rib cage has successfully been implanted into a 20-year-old New York patient who had been diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, the Commonwealth Scientific and ...

The arrival of seemingly far-flung medical experiments as clinical lifesavers continues to be asserted by daring physicians and patients who push the limits of current interventions. In the latest ...

In the first surgical operation of its kind, a cancer patient has been fitted with a 3D-printed titanium sternum and ribs. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and ...

Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome, is the inflammation of the cartilage of the rib cage. Chest pain ...

Shreyas Iyer's ICU admission after a rib-cage injury sheds light on how serious chest trauma can be. Doctors warn that ...

A Spanish hospital recently replaced a significant amount of a man’s rib cage and sternum with a titanium replacement. Putting titanium inside people’s chests is nothing new, but what made this ...

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Even though we’ve been riding the dainty tattoo train for some time now, we still haven’t grown tired of the tiny trend. They’re super discreet, incredibly detailed, and aren’t likely to date. But ...

At first glance, the metallic device almost looks like a high-tech bike pedal. Or maybe the latest cooking gadget for zesting lemons. Or, perhaps, it's a secret weapon for X-Men superhero Wolverine.

For the first time in history, a patient has received a custom 3D-printed titanium implant, designed to replace part of his ribcage. The patient is a 54-year-old Spanish man who had a cancerous tumor ...

Developed in Lab 22 at Australia’s CSIRO and designed by a Melbourne-based medical device company called Anatomics, a 3D-printed titanium sternum and rib cage have been planted into a 54-year old ...