Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Precisely printable and biocompatible silk fibroin bioink for digital light processing 3D printing

  • Soon Hee Kim,
  • Yeung Kyu Yeon,
  • Jung Min Lee,
  • Janet Ren Chao,
  • Young Jin Lee,
  • Ye Been Seo,
  • Md. Tipu Sultan,
  • Ok Joo Lee,
  • Ji Seung Lee,
  • Sung-il Yoon,
  • In-Sun Hong,
  • Gilson Khang,
  • Sang Jin Lee,
  • James J. Yoo,
  • Chan Hum Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03759-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Although 3D bioprinting technology has gained much attention in the field of tissue engineering, there are still several significant challenges that need to be overcome. Here, the authors present silk fibroin bioink with printability and biocompatibility suited for digital light processing 3D printing.