Microrobotics and MEMS‐based fabrication techniques for scaffold‐based tissue engineering

H Zhang, DW Hutmacher, F Chollet… - Macromolecular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Scaffold based tissue engineering strategies use cells, biomolecules and a scaffold to
promote the repair and regeneration of tissues. Although scaffold‐based tissue engineering …

Microscale multilayer cocultures for biomimetic blood vessels

W Tan, TA Desai - … of Biomedical Materials Research Part A: An …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Living tissues have complex and well‐organized microstructures. Although microtechnology
has been used to create in vivo‐like cell microstructures in vitro, most available microscale …

Generation of a vascularized organoid using skeletal muscle as the inductive source

A Messina, SK Bortolotto, OCS Cassell… - The FASEB …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The technology required for creating an in vivo microenvironment and a neovasculature that
can grow with and service new tissue is lacking, precluding the possibility of engineering …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a miniaturized mechanical surgeon

R Fernandes, DH Gracias - Materials Today, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent advances in sub-millimeter scale engineering suggest the possibility for constructing
miniaturized tetherless medical tools for in vivo diagnostics and therapeutics. We review the …

Tissue engineering: progress and challenges

MAF Knight, GRD Evans - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Tissue engineering is the interdisciplinary field of principles of engineering and life sciences.
Most of the financial support for this field originates in the private sector, creating a relative …

Experimental approaches to vascularisation within tissue engineering constructs

M Sarker, XB Chen, DJ Schreyer - Journal of Biomaterials Science …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Tissue engineering opens up a new area to restore the function of damaged tissue or
replace a defective organ. Common strategies in tissue engineering to repair and form new …

Tissue engineering of perfused microvessels

T Neumann, BS Nicholson, JE Sanders - Microvascular research, 2003 - Elsevier
One major obstacle toward the creation and survival of larger, three-dimensional tissues is
the lack of a vascular network that provides transport of oxygen, nutrients, and metabolic …

Fibrin hydrogels for endothelialized liver tissue engineering with a predesigned vascular network

X Wang, C Liu - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The design and manufacture of a branched vascular network is essential for bioartificial
organ implantation, which provides nutrients and removes metabolites for multi-cellular …

Biofabrication strategies for creating microvascular complexity

AM Clyne, S Swaminathan, AD Lantada - Biofabrication, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Design and fabrication of effective biomimetic vasculatures constitutes a relevant
and yet unsolved challenge, lying at the heart of tissue repair and regeneration strategies …

The role of vasculature engineering in dental pulp regeneration

WL Dissanayaka, C Zhang - Journal of Endodontics, 2017 - Elsevier
Creating an optimal microenvironment that supports angiogenesis, cell-cell cross talk, cell
migration, and differentiation is crucial for pulp/dentin regeneration. It was shown that dental …