Brooklyn-based Biologic Models has been experiencing quite a bit of growth in the demand for its physical models of proteins and molecules. The company produces a wide range of 3D printed models specifically on request by doctors, academic institutions and even regular people interested in finding out more about the way proteins work.
To optimize costs and lower retail prices of its education models, Biologic Models has launched a crowd-funding campaign specifically aimed at large scale reproduction of one type of protein that is involved in a disease affecting millions of people worldwide: diabetes. The company’s founders believe that seeing how haemoglobin works can help many people gain a greater understanding of their condition.
Medical applications of 3D printing are one of the fastest growing segments both in terms of additive manufacturing adoption and for the benefits that these new technologies are introducing, especially for customized implants and pre-surgical modelling.
Biologic Models’ 3D prints can be custom tailored to meet healthcare, educational and even promotional activities. All models can also be colour coded to reveal important information about hydrophobicity, atom types, binding and active sites within the protein structure.
Each protein models is created beginning with X-ray crystallography data-sets of actual proteins, which are then brought to life through additive manufacturing and then, if demand requires it, injection moulded into consumer grade products.
Custom 3D printed proteins vary in price based upon their physical size, material selection, printer fees and model complexity.
