Journal
MICROMACHINES
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi10080501
Keywords
breast reconstruction; 3D-printing; adipose tissue; biomaterials; stem cells; tissue engineering; drug screening
Categories
Funding
- Canada Research Chairs program
- NSERC Discovery Grants program
- NSERC Idea to Innovation program
- Innovate B.C. Ignite grant program
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Breast cancer often results in the removal of the breast, creating a need for replacement tissue. Tissue engineering offers the promise of generating such replacements by combining cells with biomaterial scaffolds and serves as an attractive potential alternative to current surgical repair methods. Such engineered tissues can also serve as important tools for drug screening and provide in vitro models for analysis. 3D bioprinting serves as an exciting technology with significant implications and applications in the field of tissue engineering. Here we review the work that has been undertaken in hopes of generating the recognized in-demand replacement breast tissue using different types of bioprinting. We then offer suggestions for future work needed to advance this field for both in vitro and in vivo applications.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available