2. Bio-printing. Current situation and outlook

Emmanuel GUÉDON, CNRS Research Director - LRGP – UMR7274 CNRS-UL, Nancy

Laurent MALAQUIN, CNRS Research Fellow - LAAS – CNRS, Toulouse

Jean-Claude ANDRÉ, CNRS Research Director - LRGP – UMR7274 CNRS-UL, Nancy

The aim of bio-printing is to provide biologists and physicians with processes for depositing cell suspensions, aqueous solutions or hydrogels on biocompatible supports, while limiting the various stresses that cells can undergo, using additive manufacturing processes to achieve the desired biological functionality in bio-printed tissues or organs. This is an emerging field whose development must take account of the constraints imposed by the living world and determine the means to overcome them....