Biofabrication: From Additive Bio-Manufacturing to Bioprinting II

Dear Colleagues,

Healthcare is one of the areas that has benefited the most from recent advances in advanced 3D printing (additive manufacturing) techniques. An increasing number of researchers and clinicians are studying the various ways through which 3D printing could be used for advancing biomedical research and improving currently available clinical treatments. This Special Issue, which is already the second on this topic, will present some of the best research currently performed in those directions. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Additively manufactured (i.e., 3D printed) medical devices including implants, medical instruments, prosthetics, and orthotics
• Tissue and organ printing
• 3D printed drugs and drug delivery systems
• Bioprinting of tissue analogs and disease models
• Additive manufacturing of biomaterials
• Pre- and post-processing of 3D printed medical devices and biomaterials including surface bio-functionalizations and coatings
• Patient-specific solutions enabled by 3D printing
• Hybrid (i.e., combined additive and subtractive) manufacturing, indirect additive manufacturing, and other novel fabrication techniques for biomedical applications.
• Evaluation of the biological and clinical performance of 3D printed biomaterials, tissues, organs, and medical devices.

Prof. Dr. Amir A. Zadpoor
Guest Editor

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• bio-printing
• 3D printing in healthcare
• biomaterials
• medical devices
• regenerative medicine
• tissue equivalents and disease models
• 3D printed drugs