Bioprinting

Ink-jet Printing Promises Neural Precision

May 15, 2018

Researchers led by Patrick Smith of the University of Sheffield in the UK recently showed that they could print neuronal and other types of biological cells using a piezoelectric ink-jet printer. The neuronal cells printed with the [more...]

Scaling Up Tissue Engineering

March 18, 2016

Confocal microscopy image showing a cross-section of a 3D-printed, 1-centimeter-thick vascularized tissue construct showing stem cell differentiation towards development of bone cells, following one month of active perfusion of fluids, [more...]

Glucose Sensor Allows Single Point-of-Entry Artificial Pancreas

March 18, 2015

To create new types of sensors, gold films are patterned onto a substrate using microcontract printing and etching. (Credit: Oregon State University) Engineers at Oregon State University have used “additive manufacturing” to [more...]

Market and Technology Analysis on Tissue Engineering

January 4, 2015

Microfluidics is playing an increasing role in tissue engineering, especially as it pertains to development of organ-on-a-chip systems. [Credit: science photo/Fotolia] TissueEngineeringLandscapePartII in PDF format The focus of this GEN [more...]