Breakthrough in neuroscience: 3D printed brain tissue. Research succeeds in creating brain tissue with a 3D printer.
New technology could be used to understand the signals between the cells of a person with Down syndrome or to detect the differences between healthy brain tissue and brain tissue affected by Alzheimer's. In the future, the technology will be made available to several laboratories. No special equipment is required, it works with standard 3D printers. The tissue created can also be analyzed using microscopes and known techniques.