3D-printed cardiac patches for cardiovascular diseases
Bioprinted 3D cardiac patches could reverse scar formation and promote myocardial regeneration after heart attacks.
bioprinting
Bioprinting is an engineering method where living cells with or without biomaterials are printed layer-by-layer in order to create three-dimensional living structures. We report latest advances of bioprinting of tissue, vessels, bones and even organs.
Research programme to bioprint ear and noses launched
The Scar Free Foundation has launched a research programme that aims to revolutionise surgeons’ ability to reconstruct nose and ear cartilage in patients affected by facial difference.
3D printing promotes tissue engineering
Researchers have demonstrated the viability of 3D-printed tissue scaffolds that harmlessly degrade while promoting tissue regeneration following implantation.
Bioprinter speeds up drug development
A 3D printer that rapidly produces large batches of custom biological tissues could help make drug development faster and less costly.
Reverse 3D printing to make tiny implants
Researchers have developed a 3D printing technique that allows them to create incredibly small and complex biomedical implants.
Imaging technique to improve bioprinted implants
Scientists have developed a new microscopic imaging approach to take a closer look at 3D printing for developing future patient implants, as well as improved disease modelling and drug screening.
3D printing to aid tissue replacement
Researchers look to a future someday in which doctors can hit a button to print out a scaffold on their 3D printers and create custom-made replacement skin, cartilage, or other tissue for their patients.
Researchers use bioprinting to create nose cartilage
Researchers have used 3D bioprinting technology to create custom-shaped cartilage. They aim to make it easier for surgeons to safely restore the features of skin cancer patients living with nasal cartilage defects after surgery.
3D biocomposites can repair large bone defects
Loosening hip implants can cause major damage to the bone and a simple replacement won’t suffice to carry the load during movements. Researchers have turned to bioprinting to solve this problem.
Bioprinting: Skin and bones repaired during surgery
Researchers have repaired traumatic injuries to the skin and bones in a rat model using bioprinting during surgery.
Bioprinting mini pancreas to fight against diabetes
EPFL spin-off Readily3D has developed a novel system that can print biological tissue in just 30 seconds.
3D Printing living cells with unprecedented precision
The combination of a 2Photon 3D-printer with an innovative hydrogel-based bioink allows the direct printing of 3D structures containing living cells at both the meso- and microscale.
How seaweed molecules could aid wound healing
Scientists have discovered that a molecular species known as ulvan aids wound healing in humans.
3D lung created with inkjet bioprinting
The lung is rather challenging to create artificially for experimental use due to its complex structure and thinness. Researchers have succeeded in producing an artificial lung model using 3D printing.
Diabetes: bioprinting technique for bone repair
Researchers have developed a technique that produces 3D bioprinted bone-repair "scaffolds" that could help in managing bone defects in diabetes patients.
Sonolithography: Using ultrasound for bioprinting
Researchers have found a way to coax particles and droplets into precise patterns using the power of sound.
New bioink brings bioprinting of organs closer to reality
Researchers have designed a new bioink which allows small human-sized airways to be 3D bioprinted with the help of patient cells for the first time.
Rapid 3D printing moves toward bioprinted organs
Researchers are using a 3D printing method called stereolithography and jelly-like materials known as hydrogels to speed up and improve 3D printing.
A 'FRESH' way to bioprint tissues and organs
A bioprinting method enables advanced tissue fabrication by using a yield-stress support bath that holds bioinks in place until they are cured and works with a wide array of bioinks.
A novel ink to 3D print bone with living cells
3D printers may one day become a permanent fixture of the operating theatre after scientists showed they could print bone-like structures containing living cells.
Bioprinted heart provides new tool for surgeons
Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart.
3D printing biomedical parts with supersonic speed
Researchers have developed a 3D printing technique that creates cellular metallic materials by smashing together powder particles at supersonic speed.
Aerogel: the micro structural material of the future
In a research-first, scientists from Empa were able to 3D print stable well-shaped microstructures made from silica aerogels for use in biotechnology and precision engineering.
First-ever living 3D-printed aneurysm
Using 3D printing, researchers replicated an aneurysm in vitro and performed an endovascular repair procedure on the printed aneurysm.
Gel instrumental in bioprinting tissues
Researchers at Penn State have developed a supportive gel that allows for printing of complex shapes using cell aggregates.
Silk improves bioink for artificial organs
Researchers mechanically reprocess silk into a biologically compatible component of bioinks that improves the structural fidelity of 3D-printed hydrogels containing cells for use in drug development and regrowing lost or damaged body
The heat is on for building 3D artificial organ tissues
Radiator-like fluid systems adjust the genetic wiring inside human liver cells in preliminary work toward artificial organ-tissue engineering.
Bioprinting tiny, functional organs
Researchers have developed an approach to print tiny tissues that look and function almost like their full-sized counterpart.
Oxygen-releasing bioink for bioprinting
Researchers have developed an oxygen-releasing bioink that may be useful in 3D printing bioengineered cell constructs.
