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The complex spatiotemporal signaling of human neural tube development is successfully engineered in a device using microfluidic gradients, creating a high-fidelity model of the developing human central nervous system.
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Serles, P., Quadrato, G. Microfluidic gradients create a stem cell model of the human central nervous system. Nat Protoc (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-025-01269-y
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