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Read article: Life-like airway can be printed on a chip Biofabrication Research update Life-like airway can be printed on a chip New device contains a network of blood vessels connecting with epithelial cells and could be used as a model to study respiratory diseases like asthma
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Read article: 3D cell printing enables investigations into cervical tumour metastasis Biofabrication Research update 3D cell printing enables investigations into cervical tumour metastasis The epithelial–mesenchymal transition, which plays an important role in tumour metastasis, can be studied using 3D bioprinted models
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