Tartu University scientists are looking for the perfect tablet that could be 3D printed at a pharmacy.
We all have different bodies, but the pills we’re swallowing are often identical. An elderly lady, an obese middle-aged man and a teenager could all be prescribed the same medicine. Does it make sense? Estonian scientists don’t think so. They are working towards the future where a patient could ask their local pharmacist to print out, let’s say, a specific painkiller, their doctor has prescribed specifically for them.
3D printing could make this happen one day.
Read more from Research in Estonia.