Applications of Bioprinting in Biomedicine

Dear Colleagues,

The development of medicine makes us live longer; however, our organs tend to fail more as we age. Therefore, a major health crisis arises in terms of the shortage of organs. Due to the efficient and rapid construction of complex biological tissues and precise control of the internal structure, biological printing provides an opportunity to envision radical solutions to existing medical and healthcare problems. At present, mighty progress has been made in the conceptual design of printing targets, bioink biomaterials, bioprinters and printing processes, and the culture and analysis of printed constructs. Although the fabrication of functional replacement human organs currently still faces many challenges, the commercialization in certain levels of biological printing, e.g., non-biocompatible models, biocompatible and non-degradable implants, and biocompatible and degradable scaffolds, has already been achieved. In the future, novel breakthroughs such as angiogenesis and in situ bioprinting, which leverage nature-driven mechanisms, are expected to make the eventual clinical translation of bioprinting technology inexorable.

This Special Issue aims to illustrate the recent development and advance in these fields. The topics covered include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Design of bioprinting platforms;
• Properties of bioprinting materials;
• Bioprinting processes;
• Combination between different biological printing levels;
• Bioprinting with interdisciplinary technologies;
• Evaluation and analysis of bioprinted constructs;
• Applications of bioprinting.

We look forward to receiving your contributions for this Special Issue.

Dr. Chunya Wu
Dr. Lihua Lu
Guest Editors

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