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The recent emergence of additive manufacturing/ 3D printing offers novel routes to fabricate implants and tissue scaffolds of complex architecture, which are personalized to meet the patient’s needs. In this talk, I will highlight some key ongoing efforts in our group on developing advanced biomaterials and biofabrication strategies to meet clinical needs. These efforts span a variety of biomaterials, from Titanium alloys to bioresorbable polymers, to engineer implants and tissue scaffolds. I will present some recent efforts in fabricating additively manufactured personalized bone plates used in hand surgeries for human patients. We have also developed shape-morphing 4D-printed hydrogels that were used for nerve regeneration in peripheral nerve defects in a rat model. In another study, we have fabricated 3D-bioprinted scaffolds laden with breast tumor organoids from human patients for drug screening toward engineering tumor models for personalized medicine. Thus, this talk will highlight how the application of frontier biofabrication technologies can be further combined with smart materials and design to prepare 4D-printed deployable devices.
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