Print job: Public-private partnership results in a veterinary breakthrough

Zoo veterinarians, university researchers and biomedical firm teamed up to save the life of a cancer-stricken great Indian hornbill.

Courtesy. Crescent, a great Indian hornbill who lives at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, received a 3D-printed casque that has helped her beat cancer.
Courtesy. Crescent, a great Indian hornbill who lives at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, received a 3D-printed casque that has helped her beat cancer.
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Crescent, a 25-year-old great Indian hornbill who resides at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, has been given a new, 3D-printed bone — and a new lease on life — thanks to a groundreaking, first-of-its kind collaboration between Massachusetts-based biomedical firm Formlabs, the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology, Tampa General Hospital and the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.

 

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