Bioprinting overview
Murphy and Atala reviewed 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs.
As reported in: Murphy, Atala (2014). 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs. Nature Biotechnology. doi:10.1038/nbt.2958
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3D bioprinting: uses in research
Also: bioprinting, bioink
Bioprinting uses 3D printers loaded with cells and gels to build tissue-like structures.
Readiness: lab lab studies · prototype demonstrated objects · commercial products or buildings in real use · review summaries of other studies.
3D printing
Human-scale tissue printer
Kang and colleagues built a bioprinting system for human-scale tissue constructs.
As reported in: Kang, Lee, Ko et al. (2016). A 3D bioprinting system to produce human-scale tissue constructs with structural integrity. Nature Biotechnology. doi:10.1038/nbt.3413
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Printing collagen heart parts
Lee and colleagues used FRESH printing of collagen to build parts of the human heart.
As reported in: Lee, Hudson, Shiwarski et al. (2019). 3D bioprinting of collagen to rebuild components of the human heart. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aav9051
Printed blood-vessel networks
Grigoryan and colleagues printed hydrogels with complex vessel-like networks.
As reported in: Grigoryan, Paulsen, Corbett et al. (2019). Multivascular networks and functional intravascular topologies within biocompatible hydrogels. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aav9750