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"Companies like the United Kingdom’s FormLabs and Colorado’s 3D Systems specialize in 3D-printing anatomically accurate models for physicians to study and practice with, much as the show predicts. The instructions for printing are based on patients’ CT and MRI scans, some of which the U.S. National Institutes of Health are collecting in the 3D Print Exchange, a growing library of open-access 3D-printing files for physicians to use in teaching, discussions with patients, and research. Most models used for these purposes are made from resin, but 3D printing really changes medicine when its “ink” is made of living cells."