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Biofabrication Program at Brightlands

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Bioprinting through Levitation

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Biofabrication Program at Brightlands
Published on: October 21, 2016
Category: Events

Here, we aim at joining academic and insutrial forces in a public private partnership that will deliver new biomedical products in the regenerative medicine field through several bioprinting technologies. WE will span from classical 3D printing for the creation of smart scaffolds that will be able to recruit and steer cell activity in situ to bioprinting of organs, with a particular focus on kidney, heart, and pancreas.

For more information:

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20161021-largest-european-3d-bioprinting-program-kicks-off-at-maastricht-university-and-brightlands-materials-center.html