Harvard scientists bioprint 3-D kidney tubules
The Wyss Institute and Roche Innovation Center Basel in Switzerland have teamed up to create 3-D bioprinted proximal tubules beside functioning blood vessel compartments, closely mimicking the kidney’s blood-filtration system that removes waste products while returning “good” molecules, such as glucose and amino acids, back into the bloodstream.
Benjamin Boettner
• harvard
March 8, 2019 • ~7 min
March 8, 2019 • ~7 min
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