3D printed nerve guidance channels: computer-aided control of geometry, physical cues, biological supplements and gradients
Blake N. Johnson*, Xiaofeng Jia*
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA (Johnson BN)
Department of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore,MD, USA (Jia X)
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA (Jia X)
Contact:
Blake N. Johnson, Ph.D. or Xiaofeng Jia, M.D., Ph.D., bnj@vt.edu or xjia@som.umaryland.edu.
Supported by:
This work was supported by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (2013-MSCRFE-146-00) (to XJ) and in part by the National Institute of Health (R01HL118084) (to XJ).