Scientists pioneer in the use of 3D printers to create drugs and other chemicals from the University of Glasgow.
The researchers used a system of £ 1250 to create a set of groups of organic and inorganic, some of which are used to create cancer treatments. In the long term, scientists say can be used for this process to make personalized medicine. They expect that this technique will be used by pharmaceutical companies in the next five years, and the public within 20.
"We are suggesting that you can take chemical components, pass through the printer and create what is in fact a compound in a chemical reaction that takes place that allows you to get something different in the end," said researcher Mark Symes BBC.
"We extrapolate from that to say that in the future, you could buy chemicals common, and a hole in something that is printed in 3D, just click on the button to mix the ingredients and the candidate through the architecture, and the bottom out of your medication and prescription."
3D printing process involves the use of an injection control automatically builds the object outside the "ink" gel base, in which chemicals are mixed catalysts
