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Flat brain organoids grown on 3D-printed scaffolds show intrinsic gyrification

2021-03-16
(Press-News.org) The research, by an international team from the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Technical University of Denmark, used 3D printing to create scaffolds for engineered flat brain organoids. The scaffolds allowed the brain organoid size to be significantly increased and after 20 days, self-generated folding was observed. END


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[Press-News.org] Flat brain organoids grown on 3D-printed scaffolds show intrinsic gyrification