BioTech Encyclopedia

Materials researched for 3D printing

lab 3D bioprinting 2019

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

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lab 3D bioprinting 2019

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

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lab Starch & PLA bioplastics 2019

Carbon-fibre PLA printing

Mechanical characterisation of 3D-printed continuous carbon fibre-reinforced PLA composites.

Built / tested: printed parts

As reported in: Heidari-Rarani, Rafiee-Afarani, Zahedi (2019). Mechanical characterization of FDM 3D printing of continuous carbon fiber reinforced PLA composites. Composites Part B: Engineering. doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107147

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lab Silk fibroin 2018

Light-curable silk bio-ink

Developed a silk fibroin ink that can be shaped precisely by light-based (DLP) 3D printing.

Built / tested: printed hydrogel structures

As reported in: Kim, Yeon, Lee et al. (2018). Precisely printable and biocompatible silk fibroin bioink for digital light processing 3D printing. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03759-y

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lab 3D bioprinting 2016

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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review 3D bioprinting 2014

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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