Developing macroporous bicontinuous materials as scaffolds for tissue engineering. (additivebiomanufacturing.org)
A group of biomedical engineers from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey have leveraged a unique combination of properties of methacrylated collagen to demonstrate its potential as a bioink capable of simple, photolithographic printing of 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. (sciencedaily.com)
The principle component of the new panel, hydrogel — a polymer network filled with water — is safe to use in and on the human body, having already found use in applications ranging from drug delivery to creating scaffolds for tissue engineering and wound healing. (sciencemag.org)