00 Introduction Collagen type I is the most common fibrillary collagen found in skin, bone, tendons and other connective tissues, accounting for around 90% of the body’s total collagen. Collagen type I-based hydrogels are ideal for 3D printing and bioprinting applications due to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability and controllable printability. […]
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+10 INTRODUCTION Synthetic hydrogels are chemically defined animal component and pathogen-free hydrogels with tailored biological, mechanical and rheological properties for 3D bioprinting. Their synthetic origin avoid batch to batch variations, giving users the confidence to achieve reliable and consistent results with potential for clinical translation. Amongst the different options in […]
00 INTRODUCTION Gelatin hydrogels have attracted significant attention in the field of regenerative medicine, and more specifically, in their use as wound dressings and artificial tissue replacements. Among the different photo-crosslinkable gelatin materials, gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels display a series of advantages, such as good biocompatibility (including biosafety and biological […]
+30 INTRODUCTION Type I collagen is the most abundant type of collagen in the human body, as a major structural matrix protein in skin and many other tissues including bone, tendon and fibrous connective tissues. ColBioink is a sterile solution of highly purified collagen type I from porcine origin that […]
+10 INTRODUCTION Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in the extracellular matrix (ECM), accounting for 30% of the total body protein content in humans. Amongst the 28 types of collagen that have been already identified, collagen type I is the most abundant by far, playing its most prominent functional […]
+10 INTRODUCTION Alginate is a FDA-approved natural polysaccharide extracted from brown algae with multiple applications in the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. Its outstanding features including high biocompatibility, ease of gelation, tailorable rheological properties and degradation kinetics make it ideal for 3D bioprinting applications. Alginate hydrogels can be ionically crosslinked […]
+20 “Stability for Long Lasting Support.” Introduction X Stable INX© is a synthetic shear thinning, cell-interactive scaffold ink. X Stable INX allows an easy printing process thanks to its shear thinning behavior, as schematically presented in Figure 1a. At high shear rates, it exhibits a low viscosity which is favorable […]
+70 Introduction Choosing appropriate biomaterials for fabricating a bioink is a fundamental step in3D bioprinting. While a wide variety of biomaterials can be used, hydrogels have been pointed as attractive materials for bioink preparation, since they can provide a highly hydrated and permeable 3D polymeric structure with tunable mechanical and […]
+10 Introduction 3D in vitro models offer a better representation of in vivo conditions, which is translated into differences in cellular morphology, metabolism and functions when compared with cultures in monolayer. To measure such differences, a plethora of indicators can be used; with the alamarBlue assay, levels of oxidation during […]
+30 Introduction To date, most cell-based assays use traditional 2D monolayer cells cultured on flat and rigid substrates. However, these models are unable to reproduce the architecture, mechanical and functional properties inherent to native tissues, thus hampering the translation of research results into clinics. For these reasons, 3D cell culture […]