Bioprinting functional neural networks

Stephanie M Willerth

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2023.12.014

Bioprinting functional neural networks

Cell Stem Cell. 2024 Feb 1;31(2):151-152. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.12.014.

Author

Stephanie M Willerth¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada; Axolotl Biosciences, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada; Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada; School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. Electronic address: willerth@uvic.ca.

PMID: 38306989
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.12.014

Abstract

3D printing human tissue models derived from stem cells provides an increasingly popular tissue engineering strategy for probing biological questions. Here Yan et al.¹ demonstrate how this technology can be used to model mature human neural tissues with functional neural networks in healthy and disease states.

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MeSH terms

Bioprinting*
Humans
Nerve Tissue*
Printing, Three-Dimensional
Stem Cells
Tissue Engineering