Biofabrication : micro- and nano-fabrication, printing, patterning and assemblies / edited by Gabor Forgacs, Wei Sun. - Amsterdam : William Andrew, c2013. - xvii, 265 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. - Micro & Nano Technologies Series. .

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

In Vitro biofabrication of tissues and organs -- Biomaterials for biofabrication of 3D tissue scaffolds -- Projection printing of three-dimensional tissue scaffolds with tunable Poisson's ratio -- Fabrication of microscale hydrogels for tissue engineering applications -- Polymeric membranes for the biofabrication of tissues and organs -- Laser-assisted bioprinting for tissue engineering -- The modular approach -- Formation of multicellular microtissues and applications in biofabrication -- A digital microfabrication-based system for fabrication of cancerous tissue models -- Breast reconstruction using biofabrication-based tissue engineering strategies -- Fabrication of artificial bacteria for targeted drug delivery -- Biofabricating the bio-device interface using biological materials and mechanisms.

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Biomedical engineering.
Tissue engineering.