The Next Frontier of 3D Bioprinting: Bioactive Materials Functionalized by Bacteria

Small. 2023 Mar;19(10):e2205949. doi: 10.1002/smll.202205949. Epub 2022 Dec 22.

Abstract

3D bioprinting has become a flexible technical means used in many fields. Currently, research on 3D bioprinting is mainly focused on the use of mammalian cells to print organ and tissue models, which has greatly promoted progress in the fields of tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and pharmaceuticals. In recent years, bacterial bioprinting has gradually become a rapidly developing research fields, with a wide range of potential applications in basic research, biomedicine, bioremediation, and other field. Here, this works reviews new research on bacterial bioprinting, and discuss its future research direction.

Keywords: 3D bioprinting; bacteria; bioactive materials; hydrogel.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria
  • Bioprinting*
  • Mammals
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Tissue Scaffolds