'Living' Inks for 3D Bioprinting

Leo Hsu; Xiaocheng Jiang

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.04.014

'Living' Inks for 3D Bioprinting

Trends Biotechnol. 2019 Aug;37(8):795-796. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.04.014. Epub 2019 May 15.

Authors

Leo Hsu¹, Xiaocheng Jiang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA. Electronic address: Xiaocheng.Jiang@tufts.edu.

PMID: 31103352
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.04.014

Abstract

A critical aspect in bioprinting is the formulation of bioactive inks. A recent breakthrough in bioink design (Qian et al. Nano Lett. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00066) enables the direct writing of catalytically active microorganisms with unprecedented cell loading, tunable structural properties, and long-term activity. This strategy will create possibilities for bottom-up design and integration of functional living systems.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bioprinting / methods*
Bioprinting / trends*
Humans
Printing, Three-Dimensional / trends*
Tissue Engineering / methods*
Tissue Engineering / trends*