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From clinical imaging to implantation of 3D printed tissues

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Mechanically stable bone, cartilage and muscle tissues are printed in custom shapes.

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  1. E. Thomas Pashuck and Molly Stevens are in the Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering and Institute for Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London, London, UK.,

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Pashuck, E., Stevens, M. From clinical imaging to implantation of 3D printed tissues. Nat Biotechnol 34, 295–296 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3503

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