{"title":"3D bioprinted GelMA scaffolds for clinical applications: Promise and challenges","authors":"Soumitra Das, Remya Valoor, Jeyapriya Thimukonda Jegadeesan, Bikramjit Basu","doi":"10.1016/j.bprint.2024.e00365","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The promise of bioprinting in diverse applications ranging from <em>in vitro</em> drug screening to creating patient-specific tissues/organs for personalized medicine has attracted significant attention globally. In this context, this review discusses the progress being made over the last decades with gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) as a foundational hydrogel for diverse bioprintable ink formulations in particular relevance to printability, buildability, and bio-functionality. Furthermore, a comprehensive analysis is presented on the recent developments in 3D (bio)printing of GelMA for the reconstruction or regeneration of artificial tissues, spanning musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular, urological, ophthalmological, dermatological, and drug screening of cancer-related applications. While presenting such wide-ranging potential, an emphasis is placed on addressing the key challenges associated with scaling up from small-scale laboratory practices to clinical applications. Furthermore, the review sheds light on the regulatory framework-related issues that impede the widespread clinical usage of 3D bioprinted tissues and organs in patient care. Taken together, this review provides significant insights into the current state of the field for researchers, clinicians, and policymakers, while navigating the intricate landscape of 3D (bio)printing for clinical translation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37770,"journal":{"name":"Bioprinting","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article e00365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bioprinting","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240588662400037X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Computer Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The promise of bioprinting in diverse applications ranging from in vitro drug screening to creating patient-specific tissues/organs for personalized medicine has attracted significant attention globally. In this context, this review discusses the progress being made over the last decades with gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) as a foundational hydrogel for diverse bioprintable ink formulations in particular relevance to printability, buildability, and bio-functionality. Furthermore, a comprehensive analysis is presented on the recent developments in 3D (bio)printing of GelMA for the reconstruction or regeneration of artificial tissues, spanning musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular, urological, ophthalmological, dermatological, and drug screening of cancer-related applications. While presenting such wide-ranging potential, an emphasis is placed on addressing the key challenges associated with scaling up from small-scale laboratory practices to clinical applications. Furthermore, the review sheds light on the regulatory framework-related issues that impede the widespread clinical usage of 3D bioprinted tissues and organs in patient care. Taken together, this review provides significant insights into the current state of the field for researchers, clinicians, and policymakers, while navigating the intricate landscape of 3D (bio)printing for clinical translation.
期刊介绍:
Bioprinting is a broad-spectrum, multidisciplinary journal that covers all aspects of 3D fabrication technology involving biological tissues, organs and cells for medical and biotechnology applications. Topics covered include nanomaterials, biomaterials, scaffolds, 3D printing technology, imaging and CAD/CAM software and hardware, post-printing bioreactor maturation, cell and biological factor patterning, biofabrication, tissue engineering and other applications of 3D bioprinting technology. Bioprinting publishes research reports describing novel results with high clinical significance in all areas of 3D bioprinting research. Bioprinting issues contain a wide variety of review and analysis articles covering topics relevant to 3D bioprinting ranging from basic biological, material and technical advances to pre-clinical and clinical applications of 3D bioprinting.