D printed brain vessels support atherosclerosis research. The work from POSTECH uses an in vitro model of stenotic brain blood vessels.

Cerebrovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and stroke remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A ...

Doctors have tools to clear the jam, like surgical rerouting, balloon angioplasty, and stents. These can help restore blood ...

Studying human brain using 3D printing technology Date: March 21, 2016 Source: Elsevier Summary: At two percent of our body weight, and made up of 100 billion nerve cells, the brain is a hugely ...

A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have become the first to develop 3D printed brain tissue that functions just like normal living brain tissue. Their work offers important ...

Key cells in the brain, neurons, form networks by exchanging signals, enabling the brain to learn and adapt at incredible speed. Researchers of the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands ...

These 3D neural networks could serve as a platform for studying diseases that affect the brain, such as Alzheimer's and epilepsy, without the need for invasive procedures or animal testing.

Researchers Linna Zhou, Luana Soares, Francis Szele, Zoltán Molnár, and Hagan Bayley are part of the Oxford Martin Programme on 3D Printing for Brain Repair which is working to use 3D printing ...