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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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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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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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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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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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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