Quebec is about to become a bigger presence on the 3D printing map, as the province's government has agreed to provide $2,983,800 for the development and implementation of a new medical 3D printing center. The establishment of the center is the focus of a collaborative, $3,729,750 project between the Quebec Industrial Research Center (CRIQ) and the CHU of Québec-Université Laval, which is the largest specialty care center in Quebec and one of the largest in Canada. The CRIQ was established to make the province more competitive through innovation - and innovation will certainly be a large part of the new medical center, which will focus on the production of 3D printed, customized prosthetics and bioprinted tissue, as well as research into the bioprinting of functional human organs. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/179653/quebec-medical-3d-printing/