
Bioprinting aims at producing biological or biologically functional tissue in the laboratory. Using a 3D bioprinter, bioink is printed layer by layer to fabricate a complex three-dimensional object. In the future, such biobased 3D structures are to be used, for example, as in vitro test systems in pharmaceutical research and personalized medicine in the production of customized vascular and organ components. To turn this vision into reality, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS are developing new bioinks that are suitable for various applications.
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