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Once her nose is completed in the coming months, doctors will move onto her ears -- a less-cumbersome reconstructive process, but one that will take time.
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If their synthetic collagen is successful, it might provide a means for people who require reconstructive surgery to improve the healing process without the risk of immunological complications.
FORBES: Researchers Create Synthetic Collagen
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Rapid-prototyping machines have, for example, shortened the casting process for facial and cranial plates used in reconstructive surgery, says Robin Richards at the department of medical physics at University College, London.
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