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Mao Mao1, Zijie Meng2, Jiankang He1

  • 1State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P.R. China; National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Additive Manufacturing Medical Devices, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P.R. China; National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Medical Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P.R. China.

Trends in Biotechnology
|April 20, 2024
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biomimetic microfluidic networksleaf venationmicrophysiological systemsorgan-on-a-chiptissue engineering

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