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Engineering Dynamic Hydrogels For In Vitro Organoid Culture

Over the past decade, methods to culture stem cells in three dimensions have opened up a plethora of new opportunities for basic and translational research in the life sciences. In particular, the use of natural extracellular matrix (ECM) surrogates, such ...

EPFL2019

The role of mechanical hysteresis source in mechanical and mechanobiological performances of load-bearing biomaterials

Naser Nasrollahzadeh Mamaghani

Tissue engineering is a promising approach for articular cartilage regeneration as no satisfactory treatment is actually available for cartilage, partly due to the very limited self-healing capability of this tissue. To successfully induce a cartilaginous ...

EPFL2019

Tissue-Engineering the Intestine: The Trials before the Trials

Matthias Lütolf

Building complex tissues requires the development of innovative interdisciplinary engineering solutions. In this Forum, the INTENS Consortium discuss experimental considerations and challenges for generating a tissue-engineered intestine for the treatment ...

CELL PRESS2019

3D Inkjet Printing of Complex, Cell-Laden Hydrogel Structures

Matthias Lütolf, Andrea Negro, Thibaud Cherbuin

Inkjet printing is widely considered a promising strategy to pattern hydrogels and living cells into three-dimensional (3D) constructs that structurally resemble tissues in our body. However, this approach is currently constrained by the limited control ov ...

Nature Research2018

Additive manufacturing of hierarchical injectable scaffolds for tissue engineering

Philippe Renaud, Niccolo Piacentini, Thomas Michael Braschler

We present a 3D-printing technology allowing free-form fabrication of centimetre-scale injectable structures for minimally invasive delivery. They result from the combination of 3D printing onto a cryogenic substrate and optimisation of carboxymethylcellul ...

2018

3D Printing and Supercritical Foaming of Hierarchical Cellular Materials

Matteo Gregorio Modesto Marascio

Hierarchical porous structures have been gathering interest in different fields owing to their unique properties associated with their multi-scale features. The observation of natural materials brought new insights into the functionality of cellular materi ...

EPFL2018

Pore Size Manipulation in 3D Printed Cryogels Enables Selective Cell Seeding

Philippe Renaud, Arnaud Bertsch, Thomas Michael Braschler, Ariane Rochat, Amélie Barbara Hildegarde Béduer, Ludovic Serex

Cryogels are macroporous materials that display remarkable properties, such as high pore interconnection, large surface to volume ratio, and high mechanical stability, making them good candidates for 3D cell culture. However, shaping cryogels remains chall ...

Wiley2018

Development of functionalized alginate-based hydrogels to reduce fibrosis in the transplantation of microencapsulated cells

François Rémi Pierre Noverraz

Nowadays, the development of cell therapy relies mainly on the advances made toward cell microencapsulation which allows to evade the need for immunosuppression during cell transplantation. Among the materials considered for cell encapsulation, hydrogels d ...

EPFL2018

Natural polymer-derived scaffold material and methods for production thereof

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Matthias Lütolf, Peter Frey, Hans Mattias Larsson, Elif Vardar, Simone Allazetta

The invention relates to a scaffold material comprising a carrier and embedded microbeads for use in tissue engineering applications such as soft tissues therapeutic treatment. The scaffold provides a short-term bulking effect coupled with a long-term func ...

2017

Shapeable scaffold material and uses thereof

Philippe Renaud, Thomas Michael Braschler, Amélie Barbara Hildegarde Béduer

The invention relates to a scaffold material comprising a plurality of particles of a highly porous polymeric material, characterized in that said scaffold material becomes a shapeable paste once hydrated. The specific features of the particle material imp ...

2017