Miller, Jordan S.2014-08-012014-08-012014Miller, Jordan S.. "The Billion Cell Construct: Will Three-Dimensional Printing Get Us There?." <i>PLoS Biology,</i> 12, no. 6 (2014) Public Library of Science: e1001882. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001882.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/76329How structure relates to function—across spatial scales, from the single molecule to the whole organism—is a central theme in biology. Bioengineers, however, wrestle with the converse question: will function follow form? That is, we struggle to approximate the architecture of living tissues experimentally, hoping that the structure we create will lead to the function we desire. A new means to explore the relationship between form and function in living tissue has arrived with three-dimensional printing, but the technology is not without limitations.engThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001882