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Agarose Fluid Gels Formed by Shear Processing During Gelation for Suspended 3D Bioprinting

The use of granular matrices to support parts during the bioprinting process was first reported by Bhattacharjee et al. in 2015, and since then, several ...

University of Huddersfield

Alginate is a material that has many biomedical applications due to its low toxicity and a variety of favourable physical properties. In particular, the ease in which hydrogels are formed from alginate and the variety of mechanical behaviours that can be imparted on the hydrogels, by understanding alginate chemistry and intuitive design, has made alginate the most widely investigated polysaccharide used for tissue engineering. This chapter provides an overview of alginate, from how the source and natural variations in composition can influence mechanical properties of alginate hydrogels, through to some innovative techniques used to modify and functionalise the hydrogels designed specifically for cell-based therapies. The main focus is on how these strategies of understanding and controlling the chemistry of alginates have resulted in the development of hydrogels that can be tuned to deliver the physical behaviours required for successful application. This will also highlight how research on the physicochemical properties has helped alginate evolve from a structural polysaccharide in brown seaweed into a highly tuneable, multifunctional, smart biomaterial, which is likely to find further biomedical applications in the future.

Alginate Hydrogels with Tuneable Properties.

Skin exhibits a complex structure consisting of three predominant layers (epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis). Extensive trauma may result in the loss of these structures and poor repair, in the longer term, forming scarred tissue and associated reduction in function. Although a number of skin replacements exist, there have been no solutions that recapitulate the chemical, mechanical, and biological roles that exist within native skin. This study reports the use of suspended layer additive manufacturing to produce a continuous tri-layered implant, which closely resembles human skin. Through careful control of the bioink composition, gradients (chemical and cellular) were formed throughout the printed construct. Culture of the model demonstrated that over 21 days, the cellular components played a key role in remodeling the supporting matrix into architectures comparable with those of healthy skin. Indeed, it has been demonstrated that even at seven days post-implantation, the integration of the implant had occurred, with mobilization of the adipose tissue from the surrounding tissue into the construct itself. As such, it is believed that these implants can facilitate healing, commencing from the fascia, up toward the skin surface-a mechanism recently shown to be key within deep wounds.

A suspended layer additive manufacturing approach to the bioprinting of tri-layered skin equivalents.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1063/5.0061361.].

Erratum: Publisher's Note: "A suspended layer additive manufacturing approach to the bioprinting of tri-layered skin equivalents" [APL Bioeng. , 046103 (2021)].

Jessica J. Senior

Department of Pharmacy

University of Huddersfield

Agarose Fluid Gels Formed by Shear Processing During Gelation for Suspended 3D Bioprinting

Jessica J. Senior

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University of Huddersfield

Agarose Fluid Gels Formed by Shear Processing During Gelation for Suspended 3D Bioprinting

Department of Pharmacy