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Designing new therapies is further hindered by variability in experimental methods, inter-individual and inter-species differences, and poor reproducibility across animal and human studies.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>To address these limitations, we developed an anatomically accurate, subject-specific replica of the cerebrospinal fluid-filled spaces of the human central nervous system (CNS) using a multistep mold\/casting process. The 3D-printed, transparent, deformable CNS phantom enables precise control of infusion and physiological parameters, allowing systematic generation of reliable and repeatable biodispersion data for lumbar IT infusion protocols. Pulsatile artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow within the closed system was tuned to replicate subject-specific stroke volumes and flow rates observed in MRI. 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