Sunday, July 22, 2012

3D printing technology could let you print your pharmaceuticals at home

3D printing technology could let you print your pharmaceuticals at home: The idea is still in its fledgling stages, but a pharmaceutical 3D printer would be loaded with simple molecules that would allow it to easily handle carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, plus vegetable oils, paraffin, and other common pharmaceutical ingredients. Cronin told the Guardian that with a relatively small number of "inks," "you can make any organic molecule."

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