{"id":181948,"date":"2024-02-03T10:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/revolutionary-3d-printed-brain-tissue-mimics-human-function"},"modified":"2024-02-03T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T16:22:35","slug":"revolutionary-3d-printed-brain-tissue-mimics-human-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/revolutionary-3d-printed-brain-tissue-mimics-human-function","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary 3D-Printed Brain Tissue Mimics Human Function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/revolutionary-3d-printed-brain-tissue-mimics-human-function2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>Researchers developed the world\u2019s first 3D-printed brain tissue that grows and behaves similarly to natural brain tissue, marking a significant leap forward for neurological and neurodevelopmental disorder research.<\/p>\n<p>This novel 3D-printing technique uses a horizontal layering approach and a softer bio-ink, allowing neurons to interconnect and form networks akin to human brain structures.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to precisely control cell types and arrangements provides unparalleled opportunities to study brain functions and disorders in a controlled environment, offering new avenues for drug testing and understanding brain development and diseases like Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Researchers developed the world\u2019s first 3D-printed brain tissue that grows and behaves similarly to natural brain tissue, marking a significant leap forward for neurological and neurodevelopmental disorder research. This novel 3D-printing technique uses a horizontal layering approach and a softer bio-ink, allowing neurons to interconnect and form networks akin to human brain structures. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}