Biofabrication : reappraising the definition of an evolving field

Groll, Jürgen and Boland, Thomas and Blunk, Torsten and Burdick, Jason A and Cho, Dong Woo and Dalton, Paul D and Derby, Brian and Forgacs, Gabor and Li, Qing and Mironov, Vladimir A and Moroni, Lorenzo and Nakamura, Makoto and Shu, Wenmiao and Takeuchi, Shoji and Vozzi, Giovanni and Woodfield, Tim B F and Xu, Tao and Yoo, James J and Malda, Jos (2016) Biofabrication : reappraising the definition of an evolving field. Biofabrication, 8 (1). 013001. ISSN 1758-5082 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/8/1/013001)

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Abstract

Biofabrication is an evolving research field that has recently received significant attention. In particular, the adoption of Biofabrication concepts within the field of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine has grown tremendously, and has been accompanied by a growing inconsistency in terminology. This article aims at clarifying the position of Biofabrication as a research field with a special focus on its relation to and application for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Within this context, we propose a refined working definition of Biofabrication, including Bioprinting and Bioassembly as complementary strategies within Biofabrication.