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MIT works toward engineered blood vessels
12-17-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT scientists have found a way to induce cells to form parallel tube-like structures that could one day serve as tiny engineered blood vessels. The researchers found that they can control the cells' development by growing them on a surface with nano-scale patterning.
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