Direct 3D bioprinting of perfusable vascular constructs using a blend bioink

TL;DR: A concise overview of recent 3D printing strategies explored to create vascular networks and vascularised tissue constructs is provided, and future perspectives regarding the importance of engineering vascularisation for clinical applications are discussed.

TL;DR: Important considerations for thermoresponsive hydrogels in tissue engineering and drug delivery are highlighted, several commonly explored natural and synthetic thermore sponsorship polymers are discussed, and examples of advanced processing and fabrication techniques using thermoreSponsive polymers for biomedical applications are provided.

TL;DR: This review evaluates emerging biofabrication techniques and highlights their recent application and future potential in producing complex heterogeneous tissues.

TL;DR: The composition and synthesis of hydrogels, the character of their absorbed water, and permeation of solutes within their swollen matrices are reviewed to identify the most important properties relevant to their biomedical applications.

TL;DR: The properties of hydrogels that are important for tissue engineering applications and the inherent material design constraints and challenges are discussed.

TL;DR: An integrated tissue–organ printer (ITOP) that can fabricate stable, human-scale tissue constructs of any shape is presented and the incorporation of microchannels into the tissue constructs facilitates diffusion of nutrients to printed cells, thereby overcoming the diffusion limit of 100–200 μm for cell survival in engineered tissues.

TL;DR: Gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels have been widely used for various biomedical applications due to their suitable biological properties and tunable physical characteristics and are demonstrated in a wide range of tissue engineering applications including engineering of bone, cartilage, cardiac, and vascular tissues, among others.