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Blood vessels on a chip

To understand how blood vessels form and function, scientists require reproducible systems that mimic living tissues. An innovative approach based on microfabricated vessels provides a key step towards this goal.

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Figure 1: In vitro microvessels.

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Franco, C., Gerhardt, H. Blood vessels on a chip. Nature 488, 465–466 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/488465a

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