Bioprinted Lung-Mimicking Air Sac (IMAGE)

Rice University

Bioprinted Lung-Mimicking Air Sac

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Bioprinting research from the lab of Rice University bioengineer Jordan Miller featured a visually stunning proof-of-principle -- a scale-model of a lung-mimicking air sac with airways and blood vessels that never touch yet still provide oxygen to red blood cells.

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Photo by Jordan Miller/Rice University

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