Combining additive manufacturing with microfluidics: an emerging method for developing novel organs-on-chips

In the recently published ‘Combining additive manufacturing with microfluidics: an emerging method for developing novel organs-on-chips,’ Chinese researchers are exploring a complex but increasingly popular topic in 3D printing, combining the technology with devices like organs-on-chips (OOCs). As additive manufacturing continues to spur on new developments in research and other areas such as education (in

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Improved Electrospinning for Wound Care Applications

In the recently published ‘Bi-Layered Polymer Carriers with Surface Modification by Electrospinning for Potential Wound Care Applications,’ researchers from both Finland and Estonia are exploring electrospinning techniques in polymeric wound-care. For this study, the researchers used a technique combining bi-layered carriers from a blend of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and sodium alginate (SA). These carriers were

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Engineered 3D Polymer and Hydrogel Microenvironments for Cell Culture Applications

In the recently published ‘Engineered 3D Polymer and Hydrogel Microenvironments for Cell Culture Applications,’ authors Daniel Fan, Urs Staufer, and Angelo Accardo explore the world of bioengineering and microenvironments, reviewing the best types of methods, materials, and challenges that must be met. Material properties are one of the most highly discussed topics today in 3D

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Lonza and Allevi Collaborate to Advance 3D Bioprinting

Collaboration brings technology and consumables together for bioprinting for research applications. Lonza brings a broad range of high-quality human-derived primary cells, stem cells and supporting culture media ideally suited for 3D bioprinting. Allevi to offer these components as part of its package of bioprinters, bioinks and software. Allevi and Lonza announce collaboration to bring the

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GE Healthcare and ASLS combine technologies to create integrated 3D Bioprinter and confocal scanner

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Advanced Solutions Life Sciences (ASLS), a Kentucky-based biotechnology firm, are collaborating to build an integrated 3D bioprinter by combining their respective technologies.  ASLS’ BioAssemblyBot 3D bioprinter will be integrated with GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ IN Cell Analyzer confocal imaging platform, as part of a strategic R&D and distribution partnership. By combining the two technologies, the

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Prellis Biologics launches TissueWorkshop™ to accelerate human tissue engineering research

TissueWorkshop™ makes complex tissue engineering simple for all researchers by generating complex 3D scaffolds that can be printed with any 3D printer Prellis Biologics, Inc. has developed an intuitive web-based interface tailored for biologists and tissue engineers that can be learned in minutes. TissueWorkshop™ takes a set of user inputs and applies generative design principles to produce

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GE Healthcare Life Sciences pairs up with Advanced Solutions Life Sciences to create new opportunities for regenerative tissue manufacturing

he world’s first integrated 3D bioprinter + confocal scanner (BioAssemblyBot + GE IN Cell Analyzer 6500HS) Strategic R&D and distribution partnership aims to advance the field of 3D biofabrication. Printed cells with vascularization would be first step toward more complex biological structures for bone, soft tissue, and organ replacements. The partners will create an integrated

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Volumetric Bioprinting: The New Paradigm in Regenerative Medicine

Creating an object from a scratch: not just an illusion, but a reality. Nowadays, there is a way to turn your ideas into three-dimensional objects and here, the magic word is 3D printing. This technique, also called additive manufacturing, consists of successive layer-by-layer depositions of material which, all together, form the desired object. Contrary to conventional

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