A medical first: Doctors save Ohio boy by ‘laser-printing’ an airway tube so he can breathe

May 23, 2013

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It’s the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab. (AP)