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Perfusable vascular networks

A rapid vascular casting approach that uses carbohydrate glass as a sacrificial template allows tissues to be built that can be kept alive for longer in the laboratory until needed for transplantation.

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Figure 1: Vascular casting approach for engineered tissues.

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Forgacs, G. Perfusable vascular networks. Nature Mater 11, 746–747 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3412

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