Tissue and Organ 3D Bioprinting.

Zengmin Xia1, Sha Jin1, Kaiming Ye1

  • 11 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center of Biomanufacturing for Regenerative Medicine, Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, USA.

SLAS Technology
|February 24, 2018
PubMed
Summary

Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting fabricates complex tissue constructs and living tissues. This technology advances tissue biofabrication for organ regeneration and addresses organ transplant shortages.

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