A couple of years ago, 3D printing entered the curriculum at the University of New Mexico's (UNM) Valencia campus, and researchers at the main campus in Albuquerque are now attempting to use 3D bioprinting techniques to improve the overall outcomes in hand and wrist surgeries. Researchers with the UNM Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation's Research Division are hoping that through a combination of these techniques and electrospinning, they will be able to fabricate hybrid bone-ligament tissue, which could potentially be used in joint replacement surgeries. The Research Division was recently awarded a grant from the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand, which will be used to develop bone-ligament adherence systems, using patient-specific anatomy and a 3D printer. But of course, this research would be a lot more difficult without UNM's own 3D bioprinter, built by students. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/166723/unm-grant-bioprinting-bone/