3D Bioplotter Research Papers

The 3D bioprinting of complex structures has attracted particular attention in recent years and has been explored in several fields, including dentistry, pharmaceutical technology, medical devices, and tissue/organ engineering. However, it still possesses major challenges, such as decreased cell viability due to the prolongation of the printing time, along with difficulties in preserving the print shape. The 4D bioprinting approach, which is based on controlled shape transformation upon stimulation after 3D bioprinting, is a promising innovative method to overcome these difficulties. Herein, the generation of skeletal muscle tissue-like complex structures is demonstrated by 3D bioprinting of GelMA-based C2C12 mouse myoblast-laden…

Gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) is a widely used biomaterial in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. GelMA is a chemically modified form of gelatin. Researchers have employed various methods to synthesize GelMA, such as the conventional method (Bulcke et al. 2000), the sequential method (Lee et al. 2015), and facile one-pot (Shirahama et al. 2016) methods to achieve GelMA hydrogels with a wide range of degree of functionalization or methacrylation. However, the impact of these different synthesis methods and their reac- tion parameters on GelMA hydrogels and scaffolds remains to be investigated concerning bioink formulation and 3D printing application. In this study,…