3D printed biocompatible hydrogels comparable to traditionally made scaffolds

Crustacean-derived chitosan together with raffinose extracted from vegetables was utilized to produce a biocompatible hydrogel utilizing fused deposition modelling. Researchers from the University of Parma (Parma, Italy) and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (Ticino, Switzerland) have utilized crustacean-derived chitosan in a 3D printer to produce a hydrogel that could have potential to support cell growth. The results of the study were published in the journal Biomedical Materials. There is a demand for hydrogel-based medical devices that support cell growth for use when transplanting cells into patients. The researchers proposed the use of a fused deposition...