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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Healthc Mater. 2017 Dec 28;7(8):e1701161. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201701161

Figure 1. Examples of 3D printed sacrificial vasculature.

Figure 1

A–C) Workflow and demonstration of fabricating vasculature-like structures using 3D printing and dissolving of the sugar sacrificial channels with the subsequent perfusion of the mimetic. D–E) Demonstration of cell viability within the hydrogel and lining of the artificial vasculature with the formation of intervessel junctions. Reproduced and adapted with permission.[40] Copyright 2012, Nature Publishing Group.