Screen Printing a Retina Organoid (IMAGE)

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Screen Printing a Retina Organoid

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Lavik's team proposed using a method to screen print tissue models. The idea is to create layers of the various types of retinal neurons that can be derived in a lab from adult stem cells. The method would allow the layers to be correctly oriented to mimic the structure of the human retina.

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Erin Lavik, Sc.D.

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