The Next Frontier of 3D Bioprinting: Bioactive Materials Functionalized by Bacteria
Yifei Liu, Xiudong Xia, Zhen Liu, Mingsheng Dong
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.
Topics & Concepts
3D bioprintingRegenerative medicineBiomedicineBiofabricationNanotechnologyFrontierBiochemical engineeringEngineering ethicsTissue engineeringEngineeringMaterials scienceBiomedical engineeringBiologyBioinformaticsStem cellArchaeologyGeneticsHistory3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationCell Image Analysis Techniques