Functional and perfusable vascular network formation is critical to ensure the long-term
survival and functionality of engineered tissues after their transplantation. Although several …

The survival of engineered tissue constructs during the initial phase after their implantation
depends on the rapid development of an adequate vascularization. This, in turn, is a major …

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have come a long way in recent decades,
but the lack of functioning vasculature is still a major obstacle preventing the development of …

The survival of vertebrate organisms depends on highly regulated delivery of oxygen and
nutrients through vascular networks that pervade nearly all tissues in the body …

Vascularization is one of the great challenges that tissue engineering faces in order to
achieve sizeable tissue and organ substitutes that contain living cells. There are instances …

From microscaled capillaries to millimeter‐sized vessels, human vasculature spans multiple
scales and cell types. The convergence of bioengineering, materials science, and stem cell …

Tissue engineered grafts show great potential as regenerative implants for diseased or
injured tissues within the human body. However, these grafts suffer from poor nutrient …

Despite the steady increase in the number of studies focusing on the development of tissue
engineered constructs, solutions delivered to the clinic are still limited. Specifically, the lack …

Vascular tissue engineering has the potential to make a significant impact on the treatment
of a wide variety of medical conditions, including providing in vitro generated vascularized …

Mimicking natural tissue structure is crucial for engineered tissues with intended
applications ranging from regenerative medicine to biorobotics. Native tissues are highly …