Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Engineered whole cut meat-like tissue by the assembly of cell fibers using tendon-gel integrated bioprinting

  • Dong-Hee Kang,
  • Fiona Louis,
  • Hao Liu,
  • Hiroshi Shimoda,
  • Yasutaka Nishiyama,
  • Hajime Nozawa,
  • Makoto Kakitani,
  • Daisuke Takagi,
  • Daijiro Kasa,
  • Eiji Nagamori,
  • Shinji Irie,
  • Shiro Kitano,
  • Michiya Matsusaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25236-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Mammalian cell-based cultured meat has mostly been unstructured, leaving a demand for artificial steak-like meat. Here the authors present an assembled steak-like tissue of bovine skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, and blood capillary tissue fabricated by tendon-gel integrated printing technology.