Inkjet printing for high-throughput cell patterning

TL;DR: The isolation of human and rodent amniotic fluid–derived stem (AFS) cells that express embryonic and adult stem cell markers are reported and examples of differentiated cells derived from human AFS cells and displaying specialized functions include neuronal lineage cells secreting the neurotransmitter L-glutamate or expressing G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium channels.

TL;DR: It is affirm that stem cells capable of extensive self-renewal can routinely be obtained from human amniotic fluid and that AFS cells are pluripotent stem cells.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the rationale for engineering tissues and organs by combining computer-aided design with additive manufacturing technologies that encompass the simultaneous deposition of cells and materials, particularly with respect to limitations due to the lack of suitable polymers and requirements to move the current concepts to practical application.

TL;DR: The computer-aided inkjet printing of viable mammalian cells holds potential for creating living tissue analogs, and may eventually lead to the construction of engineered human organs.

TL;DR: Inkjet printing has been used as a free-form fabrication method for building three-dimensional parts and is being explored as a way of printing electrical and optical devices, especially where these involve organic components.

TL;DR: This review describes the pattering of proteins and cells using a non-photolithographic microfabrication technology, which consists of a set of related techniques, each of which uses stamps or channels fabricated in an elastomeric ('soft') material for pattern transfer.

TL;DR: Combination of an engineering approach with the developmental biology concept of embryonic tissue fluidity enables the creation of a new rapid prototyping 3D organ printing technology, which will dramatically accelerate and optimize tissue and organ assembly.

TL;DR: Dip-pen nanolithography was used to construct arrays of proteins with 100- to 350-nanometer features that provide the opportunity to study a variety of surface-mediated biological recognition processes, and reactions involving the protein features and antigens in complex solutions can be screened easily by atomic force microscopy.