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Doctors at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital are conductuing world-first human trials of what could one day revolutionise breast reconstruction. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3d485Dd In simple terms, scientists use a 3D printer to create a scaffold that looks like an intricately woven breast implant. It's made from the same material used for dissolvable stitches. Surgeons insert the scaffold into the breast area and inject it with the patient's own fat. The scaffold then acts as a web that helps bind everything in place. Over the two years after insertion, the scaffold will completely dissolve. National Medical Reporter Sophie Scott spoke with News Breakfast about this innovative trial. ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia