Optical 3D printing: the way forward for tissue engineering

A team of scientists led by Professor Shih-Chi Chen from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) have conducted an in-depth review of current 3D printing methods utilized for scaffold construction in TE. This provides scientists and engineers with a deeper understanding of the available methods. TE is the fusion of biology and engineering, utilizing cells, growth factors, transcription factors and scaffolds to create tissue. TE has already been utilized successfully in repairing skin, bone and cartilage among other biological materials and it is believed that TE will play a...