Research & Updates

We will add the most interesting stories from the Bioprinting field here. 

Policy Updates:

New initiative aims to reduce use of animals in NIH-funded research

FDA Announces Plan to Phase Out Animal Testing Requirement for Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Drugs

FUNDING FOR BIOFABRICATION:

Funding Call for Stem Cell–Derived Beta Cell Validation Sites

AFIRM Request for Proposal for Defense Health Agency (DHA) Funding Opportunity

NEW TECHNIQUES:

A detailed guide to melt electro-writing for tissue engineering applications

Instant assembly of collagen for tissue engineering and bioprinting

Rapid model-guided design of organ-scale synthetic vasculature for biomanufacturing

Development of a 3D bioengineered human lung submucosal gland ductal airway model to study mucociliary clearance in vitro

MIT’s Multi-Directional Biofabrication for Artificial Muscle and 3D-Printed Eye

IN VITRO/PRECLINICAL ADVANCES:

3D Bioprinted patient-specific extracellular matrix scaffolds for soft tissue defects

Bioprinted full-thickness human skin equivalent

Organizing Cells in 3D printed Hydrogels for Making Tissues

HIGHLIGHTS FROM COMMERCIAL BIOPRINTING

Auxilium

Linton Lifesciences

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