By adapting a technology used to build electronic components, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new way to manufacture medication. The technique could eventually allow hospitals, pharmacies and doctor's offices to print drugs on demand, mixing different medications into one easy-to-administer dose.
Printing and medicine aren't strange bedfellows. The FDA has already approved a technique for 3D-printable drugs, which are more easily absorbed by the body thanks to their porous structure. The last few years have also seen plenty of advances in 3D-printed implants and other materials to speed along medical research.
