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International Journal of Bioprinting Design and 3D printing of TPMS breast scaffolds

of our knowledge, this is the first work that ensures the Ethics approval and consent to participate
appropriate mechanical properties, permeability, and good
biocompatibility of breast scaffolds simultaneously. Not applicable.

4. Conclusions Consent for publication
Not applicable.
In this study, we successfully designed and fabricated a
geometrically-new scaffold, featuring TPMS and multiple Availability of data
parallel channels, possessing appropriate mechanical
properties and permeability similar to those of the natural Not applicable.
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