Bio-ink for on-demand printing of living cells

被引:135
作者
Ferris, Cameron J. [1 ,2 ]
Gilmore, Kerry J. [1 ]
Beirne, Stephen [1 ]
McCallum, Donald [1 ,2 ]
Wallace, Gordon G. [1 ]
Panhuis, Marc In Het [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wollongong, AIIM Facil, ARC Ctr Excellence Electromat Sci, Intelligent Polymer Res Inst, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
[2] Univ Wollongong, Sch Chem, Soft Mat Grp, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GELLAN GUM; FLUID; MICROARRAYS; TECHNOLOGY; VIABILITY; DELIVERY;
D O I
10.1039/c2bm00114d
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学]; R318.08 [生物材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080501 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Drop-on-demand bioprinting allows the controlled placement of living cells, and will benefit research in the fields of tissue engineering, drug screening and toxicology. We show that a bio-ink based on a novel microgel suspension in a surfactant-containing tissue culture medium can be used to reproducibly print several different cell types, from two different commercially available drop-on-demand printing systems, over long printing periods. The bio-ink maintains a stable cell suspension, preventing the settling and aggregation of cells that usually impedes cell printing, whilst meeting the stringent fluid property requirements needed to enable printing even from many-nozzle commercial inkjet print heads. This innovation in printing technology may pave the way for the biofabrication of multi-cellular structures and functional tissue.
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页码:224 / 230
页数:7
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