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Description
Biofabrication uses biomaterials and other biological compounds (cells, aggregates, organoids, etc) as building blocks to create functional in vitro models. This presentation is intended to report some saliant advances in this field, particularly on fabrication of cell-free-3D tissue scaffolds, printing cells, aggregates and organoids, along with the development of bioinks. Examples include printing biomaterials for constructing tissue scaffolds, printing ESC, hiPSC and neuron-cells for regenerative medicine, disease study and drug testing, and printing patient-derived cancer cells and tumor organoids for anti-cancer drug evolution and personalized cancer treatment. Some personal thoughts on challenges and opportunities of the field will also be shared at the end of the presentation.