A New Vascular Engineering Strategy Using 3D Printed Ice

Giselle C Yeo

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.01.007

A New Vascular Engineering Strategy Using 3D Printed Ice

Trends Biotechnol. 2019 May;37(5):451-453. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Feb 14.

Author

Giselle C Yeo¹

Affiliation

¹ Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: giselle.yeo@sydney.edu.au.

PMID: 30773221
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.01.007

Abstract

Vascular engineering requires integrating dimensional flexibility, strength, and bioactivity to fabricate materials that enable diffusive exchange of oxygen and nutrients between cells and their environment. A recent publication (Biomaterials 2019;192:334-345) has described a new method of creating freestanding, tailorable, and biocompatible vascular constructs by coating ice scaffolds with natural or synthetic polymers.

Keywords: dimensional flexibility; ice scaffolds; tropoelastin; vascular constructs; vascular engineering.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biocompatible Materials
Blood Vessels* / cytology
Blood Vessels* / physiology
Cells, Cultured
Humans
Ice*
Printing, Three-Dimensional*
Tissue Engineering*
Tissue Scaffolds

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Ice