Organ printing is broadening its spectrum and is expected to revolutionize the biomedicine and healthcare industry. This revised and updated second edition provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art 3D bioprinting technologies. The book introduces the prevailing 3D printing systems, cells and biomaterials for organ printing, and discusses outstanding research using 3D bioprinting, including trends, research strategy, experimental methods, and results, with additional discussion of future work in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Geared towards researchers above graduate level, this reference text highlights the technical perspectives and showcases the academic interests of organ printing.

Key Features

Provides a comprehensive overview of organ printing as well as detailed information on important factors for organ printing (cell sources, biomaterials, and 3D bioprinting technologies) Presents as a one-stop resource for academics and researchers Enumerates various in vivo applications of 3D bioprinted tissue substitutes to broaden and deepen readers understanding of practical organ printing Covers multiple applications of 3D bioprinting in vitro tissue models to provide blueprints concerning organ printing for readers

This text advances fundamental knowledge in modeling in vitro tissues/organs as an alternative to 2D cell culture and animal testing. Prior to engineering in vitro tissues/organs,the descriptions of prerequisites (from pre-processing to post-processing) in modeling in vitro tissues/organs are discussed. The most prevalent technologies that have been widely used for establishing the in vitro tissue/organ models are also described, including transwell, cell spheroids/sheets, organoids, and microfluidic-based chips. In particular, the authors focus on 3D bioprinting in vitro tissue/organ models using tissue-specific bioinks. Several representative bioprinting methods and conventional bioinks are introduced. As a bioink source, decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) are importantly covered, including decellularization methods, evaluation methods for demonstrating successful decellularization, and material safety. Taken together, the authors delineate various application examples of 3Dbioprinted in vitro tissue/organ models especially using dECM bioinks.

This text advances fundamental knowledge in modeling in vitro tissues/organs as an alternative to 2D cell culture and animal testing. Prior to engineering in vitro tissues/organs,the descriptions of prerequisites (from pre-processing to post-processing) in modeling in vitro tissues/organs are discussed. The most prevalent technologies that have been widely used for establishing the in vitro tissue/organ models are also described, including transwell, cell spheroids/sheets, organoids, and microfluidic-based chips. In particular, the authors focus on 3D bioprinting in vitro tissue/organ models using tissue-specific bioinks. Several representative bioprinting methods and conventional bioinks are introduced. As a bioink source, decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) are importantly covered, including decellularization methods, evaluation methods for demonstrating successful decellularization, and material safety. Taken together, the authors delineate various application examples of 3Dbioprinted in vitro tissue/organ models especially using dECM bioinks. 

Organ printing is broadening its spectrum and is expected to revolutionize the biomedicine and healthcare industry. This revised and updated second edition provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art 3D bioprinting technologies. The book introduces the prevailing 3D printing systems, cells and biomaterials for organ printing, and discusses outstanding research using 3D bioprinting, including trends, research strategy, experimental methods, and results, with additional discussion of future work in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Geared towards researchers above graduate level, this reference text highlights the technical perspectives and showcases the academic interests of organ printing.

Key Features

Provides a comprehensive overview of organ printing as well as detailed information on important factors for organ printing (cell sources, biomaterials, and 3D bioprinting technologies) Presents as a one-stop resource for academics and researchers Enumerates various in vivo applications of 3D bioprinted tissue substitutes to broaden and deepen readers understanding of practical organ printing Covers multiple applications of 3D bioprinting in vitro tissue models to provide blueprints concerning organ printing for readers

This text advances fundamental knowledge in modeling in vitro tissues/organs as an alternative to 2D cell culture and animal testing. Prior to engineering in vitro tissues/organs,the descriptions of prerequisites (from pre-processing to post-processing) in modeling in vitro tissues/organs are discussed. The most prevalent technologies that have been widely used for establishing the in vitro tissue/organ models are also described, including transwell, cell spheroids/sheets, organoids, and microfluidic-based chips. In particular, the authors focus on 3D bioprinting in vitro tissue/organ models using tissue-specific bioinks. Several representative bioprinting methods and conventional bioinks are introduced. As a bioink source, decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) are importantly covered, including decellularization methods, evaluation methods for demonstrating successful decellularization, and material safety. Taken together, the authors delineate various application examples of 3Dbioprinted in vitro tissue/organ models especially using dECM bioinks.

This text advances fundamental knowledge in modeling in vitro tissues/organs as an alternative to 2D cell culture and animal testing. Prior to engineering in vitro tissues/organs,the descriptions of prerequisites (from pre-processing to post-processing) in modeling in vitro tissues/organs are discussed. The most prevalent technologies that have been widely used for establishing the in vitro tissue/organ models are also described, including transwell, cell spheroids/sheets, organoids, and microfluidic-based chips. In particular, the authors focus on 3D bioprinting in vitro tissue/organ models using tissue-specific bioinks. Several representative bioprinting methods and conventional bioinks are introduced. As a bioink source, decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) are importantly covered, including decellularization methods, evaluation methods for demonstrating successful decellularization, and material safety. Taken together, the authors delineate various application examples of 3Dbioprinted in vitro tissue/organ models especially using dECM bioinks.