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3D-printed human brain tissue works like the real thing

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Scient first at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created functional human brain tissue using a 3D printer.

The tissue is printe less than 0.01 inch .0 0.02 centimeter ntimeter) thick and contains both nerve cells and supporting cells called glia.

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