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Basic Concepts on 3D Cell Culture

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Bioprinting is a digital biofabrication method that is applied to generate complex and heterogenic 3D cell culture systems and living tissues. It adopts the concept of additive manufacturing to replicate the macroscopic anatomy of the tissue of interest by layer-wise printing of living cells embedded in a hydrogel matrix. The printed precursor structures are cultivated for several weeks in dedicated bioreactors, on-chip platforms, or host organisms to mature and form biofunctional tissue units.

This chapter will give you a detailed overview of 3D-bioprinting technology, its challenges as well as its current and future applications. Following a brief introduction, this chapter provides a step-by-step guide through individual operations throughout the bioprinting process chain.

Beginning with the generation of printable 3D-datasets obtained from medical imaging modalities, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computer-aided design (CAD), this chapter discusses the formulation of bioinks from natural and synthetic origins. Holistically, this chapter discusses different bioprinting methods and mechanisms, ranging from stereolithography and microextrusion to laser-assisted and microvalve-based drop-on-demand printing.

This chapter closes with an overview of current and future applications of 3D-bioprinting for clinical purposes, such as implants, tissue substitutes, in vitro models, and organs-on-a-chip.

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Duarte Campos, D.F., Blaeser, A. (2021). 3D-Bioprinting. In: Kasper, C., Egger, D., Lavrentieva, A. (eds) Basic Concepts on 3D Cell Culture . Learning Materials in Biosciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66749-8_9

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