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            encapsulated in xanthan alginate gel.  Liu et al. prepared   To  meet  this  demand,  3D  artificial  organ  technology
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            PCL/SrHA composite scaffolds via 3D printing, which   is harnessed to fabricate blood vessels and vascular
            hold great promise as bone tissue engineering implant   repair materials for transplantation. For instance, Gold
            materials.   Another  achievement  was  accomplished  in   et al. introduced a novel nanoengineered hydrogel
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            the creation of a 3D-printed biodegradable scaffold for   bioink capable of 3D-printing anatomically accurate
            controlled release of deferoxamine, which is essential   multicellular blood vessels by recreating the intricate
            for angiogenesis and osteogenesis.  The scaffold’s   physical and chemical microenvironment of the human
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            design aligns with bone development and remodeling   vasculature.  A bioprinting strategy known as sequential
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            through  surface  ammonolysis  and  layer-by-layer  printing in a reversible ink template (SPIRIT) was
            assembly techniques. The combination of 3D printing   developed by Fang et al., which allows the generation
            technology and digital design effectively enhances internal   of cardiac tissue and organoids through extensive stem
            fixation and implantation outcomes for complex tibial    cell proliferation and cardiac differentiation.  Moore
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            plateau fractures (Figure 14).
                                                               et al. identified a subset of natural materials with the
            4.2. Artificial blood vessels                      potential to produce durable, small-diameter vascular
            In the modern context, the rising prevalence of    grafts, addressing a critical need for cardiovascular
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            cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases has    treatments.  As part of the effort to meet the growing
            heightened the clinical demand for vascular grafts.   demand for grafts, Silbermann et al. introduced a method









































            Figure 14. Artificial bone. (A) Schematic illustration for the femtosecond laser programmable fabrication of the musculoskeletal systems.  Copyright
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            © Springer Nature 2020. Reprinted with permission of Springer Nature. (B) Simulated anterior plate fixation on a 3D-printed sacral fracture model.
            Copyright © Elsevier 2021. Reprinted with permission of Elsevier. (C) Hematoxylin–eosin staining of CS-PEG and PEG gels after subcutaneous injection
            in a rat model.  Copyright © Elsevier 2010. Reprinted with permission of Elsevier. (D) Chondrogenic differentiation after the bioprinting process was
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            confirmed with the assessment of GAG deposition in cells cultured in chondrogenic media for 28 days (GAG is stained blue in Alcian blue staining), as
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            compared to no deposition at day 1, before the differentiation process commenced.  Copyright © John Wiley and Sons 2023. Reprinted with permission
            of John Wiley and Sons. (E) Microcomputed tomography images and 3D reconstruction images of Sprague-Dawley rats’ skull defects after treatment with
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            different 3D-printed scaffolds for 12 weeks.  Copyright © Elsevier 2019. Reprinted with permission of Elsevier. (F) The staining image showed that the
            new bone matured after 4 and 8 weeks of implantation.109 Copyright © Elsevier 2019. Reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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