Growing Macroscopic Functional Human Tissues on 3D Printed Peptide Hydrogels
Adam C. Farsheed, Jonathan T. Makhoul, Justin Liu, Michael Andrew Thornton, E. C. Maldonado, Samhan Alsolami, Erica Li, Crystal Lu, S. Hodge, Joshua M. Pratt, Sarah Fernandes, Yang Han, Le Tracy Yu, Nino Gvalia, Lisa E. Mitchell, , Fred H. Gage
This study demonstrates growing macroscopic functional human tissues on 3D-printed peptide hydrogels, enabling centimeter-scale neural organoids and directional axonal communication.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering