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High-Fidelity Tissue Engineering of Patient-Specific Auricles for Reconstruction of Pediatric Microtia and Other Auricular Deformities

Alyssa J. Reiffel ,

* E-mail: Jas2037@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Concepcion Kafka,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Karina A. Hernandez,

Affiliation Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Samantha Popa,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Justin L. Perez,

Affiliation Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Sherry Zhou,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Satadru Pramanik,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Bryan N. Brown,

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Won Seuk Ryu,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Lawrence J. Bonassar,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Jason A. Spector

Affiliation Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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High-Fidelity Tissue Engineering of Patient-Specific Auricles for Reconstruction of Pediatric Microtia and Other Auricular Deformities

Alyssa J. Reiffel,
Concepcion Kafka,
Karina A. Hernandez,
Samantha Popa,
Justin L. Perez,
Sherry Zhou,
Satadru Pramanik,
Bryan N. Brown,
Won Seuk Ryu,
Lawrence J. Bonassar

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Published: February 20, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056506

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Publication: PopSci
Title: “Cornell Researchers Grow A Realistic Bio-Engineered Human Ear | Popular Science”
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Title: “Hear, hear! Scientists create human-like ears with 3D printing - RT News”
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Title: “Lifelike Artificial Ears Now Shaped by 3D-Printer : Health & Medicine : Science World Report”
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Title: “An Artificial Ear Built By a 3D Printer and Living Cartilage Cells | Surprising Science”
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Publication: The China Post
Title: “Did you hear? Researchers create ears with 3D printing - The China Post”
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Publication: The Chronicle Herald
Title: “Scientists use printer, living cells to create a replacement ear | The Chronicle Herald”
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Title: “Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow replacement ear | The Japan Times”
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Publication: The Telegraph
Title: “Video: Scientists create artificial ear using 3D printing and living-cell gels - Telegraph”
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Publication: The Telegraph
Title: “Artificial ear grown in lab: scientists - Telegraph”
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Publication: Top News US
Title: “Artificial Ears Created via 3-D Printing Resemble Real Ones | TopNews United States”
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Publication: Ubergizmo
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Publication: USA Today
Title: “Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow an ear”
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Publication: WVAS
Title: “Print Me An Ear: 3-D Printing Tackles Human Cartilage | WVAS”
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RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article

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Publication: singularity hub
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Publication: Med Gadget
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