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Title: 3D printing of sacrificial thioester elastomers using digital light processing for templating 3D organoid structures in soft biomatrices
Award ID(s):
1826454
NSF-PAR ID:
10308569
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Biofabrication
Volume:
13
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1758-5082
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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