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Bioprinting is coming of age: Report from the International Conference on Bioprinting and Biofabrication in Bordeaux (3B'09).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20811115     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The International Conference on Bioprinting and Biofabrication in Bordeaux (3B'09) demonstrated that the field of bioprinting and biofabrication continues to evolve. The increasing number and broadening geography of participants, the emergence of new exciting bioprinting technologies, and the attraction of young investigators indicates the strong growth potential of this emerging field. Bioprinting can be defined as the use of computer-aided transfer processes for patterning and assembling living and non-living materials with a prescribed 2D or 3D organization in order to produce bio-engineered structures serving in regenerative medicine, pharmacokinetic and basic cell biology studies. The use of bioprinting technology for biofabrication of in vitro assay has been shown to be a realistic short-term application. At the same time, the principal feasibility of bioprinting vascularized human organs as well as in vivo bioprinting has been demonstrated. The bioprinting of complex 3D human tissues and constructs in vitro and especially in vivo are exciting, but long-term, applications. It was decided that the 5th International Conference on Bioprinting and Biofabrication would be held in Philadelphia, USA in October 2010. The specially appointed 'Eploratory Committee' will consider the possibility of turning the growing bioprinting community into a more organized entity by creating a new bioprinting and biofabrication society. The new journal Biofabrication was also presented at 3B'09. This is an important milestone per se which provides additional objective evidence that the bioprinting and biofabrication field is consolidating and maturing. Thus, it is safe to state that bioprinting technology is coming of age.
Authors:
Fabien Guillemot; Vladimir Mironov; Makoto Nakamura
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Congresses; Editorial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2010-03-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biofabrication     Volume:  2     ISSN:  1758-5090     ISO Abbreviation:  Biofabrication     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-02     Completed Date:  2010-12-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101521964     Medline TA:  Biofabrication     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  010201     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biomimetics / trends*
Biotechnology / trends*
Congresses as Topic
Humans
Tissue Engineering / trends*
Tissue Scaffolds

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