AUTHOR=Ramadan Qasem , Zourob Mohammed TITLE=3D Bioprinting at the Frontier of Regenerative Medicine, Pharmaceutical, and Food Industries JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medical Technology VOLUME=2 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medical-technology/articles/10.3389/fmedt.2020.607648 DOI=10.3389/fmedt.2020.607648 ISSN=2673-3129 ABSTRACT=

3D printing technology has emerged as a key driver behind an ongoing paradigm shift in the production process of various industrial domains. The integration of 3D printing into tissue engineering, by utilizing life cells which are encapsulated in specific natural or synthetic biomaterials (e.g., hydrogels) as bioinks, is paving the way toward devising many innovating solutions for key biomedical and healthcare challenges and heralds' new frontiers in medicine, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Here, we present a synthesis of the available 3D bioprinting technology from what is found and what has been achieved in various applications and discussed the capabilities and limitations encountered in this technology.