Bioprinting

Bioprinting consists of the deposition of a bio-ink (combining cells, nutrients, growth factors, and a carrier material) by means of 3D printing technologies. Bioprinting holds great promise for the rapid and cost-effective production of highly customized and cellularized constructs for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and pharmacokinetic applications. Bioprinting: From Multidisciplinary Design to Emerging Opportunities describes state-of-the-art techniques and highlights open issues of different aspects affecting the efficiency of bioprinting protocols. Starting from a description of the main bioprinting technologies, the book addresses the most advanced approaches for the design of "on-demand" biomaterials, suitable for incorporating biological components, up to the challenges connected with the development of a cellular model and with the biological read-out. Coverage includes intelligent process design techniques, collecting to-date computational techniques that could enable incorporating knowledge on mechanisms of action into decisions on mechanobiological protocols. In addition, an overview of existing additive manufacturing technologies beyond bioprinting, also but not exclusively for tissue engineering applications, close the chapters. Written by a highly interdisciplinary team of authors, presenting a unified approach to bioprinting for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in biotechnology, engineering and physics, as well as industrial researchers, interested in the applications of bioprinting. Presents the basic methodological aspects in common between different applications of bioprinting Covers the most advanced approaches including chemical strategies for 3D printed biomaterials, bioprinting for skeletal tissue regeneration, bioprinting and disease modeling and much more Provides a global perspective and the most up-to-date techniques by leading experts in the field