4 accepted papers
In this paper, we have fabricated a multilayered hepatic lobule-like vascular network in a 3D tissue using a heptapole magnetic tweezer. The tissue consists of cell-laden hydrogels with 3D channel networks. To fabricate multilayered channel system, magnetic hydrogel fibers were manipulated by a magn…
Fabrication of vascular network is an important research for transporting required nutrients and oxygen to the artificial tissues. In this paper, we propose a novel method to construct a hepatic lobule-like vascular network in a 3D cellular structure. The network is simply constructed by three types…
In this letter, we conducted a new method to fabricate channels inside cell structures for tissue engineering applications. A cell-embedded hydrogel is locally melted to fabricate channels inside cell structures. The fabricated channels can be used as vascular-like networks to supply nutrition and o
In this research, we fabricated movable toroidal cell structures inside a microfluidic device for tissue engineering applications. A photo-crosslinkable biodegradable hydrogel gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) was employed to encapsulate biological cells for assembling cell structures. The UV light power…