The ear reconstruction is part of a clinical trial for patients with microtia, a rare congenital deformity where one or both outer ears are absent or underdeveloped In a "groundbreaking" surgery, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A 20-year-old woman born with microtia, a rare birth defect that causes the outer part of the ear to either not form or under-develop, received a 3D-printed ear transplant made ...

According to the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, one in every 8,000 to 10,000 births in the United States result in one of two congenital malformations of the ear: microtia (the child is ...

In news that’ll certainly be music to many ears, a surgeon-led team in Texas was able to successfully implant what it says is the first ear to be 3D-printed using the patient’s own cells. The ...

Thanks to two novel tools, the traditionally difficult surgery to create a replacement ear from a patient's rib cartilage may soon be done faster, more simply and accurately. According to the National ...

Doctors say they have successfully transplanted a 3D printed ear implant made from human cells onto a patient who was born with microtia, a rare birth defect in which the outer ear is deformed. 3DBio ...

A young boy's wish to just get through a day without strange stares and ridicule is about to come true. In a small town in South Africa, Victor Nwadike was born without a fully-formed ear and little ...