title: Review: Polymeric-Based 3D Printing for Tissue Engineering.
abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) printing, also referred to as additive manufacturing, is a technology that allows for customized fabrication through computer-aided design. 3D printing has many advantages in the fabrication of tissue engineering scaffolds, including fast fabrication, high precision, and customized production. Suitable scaffolds can be designed and custom-made based on medical images such as those obtained from computed tomography. Many 3D printing methods have been employed for tissue engineering. There are advantages and limitations for each method. Future areas of interest and progress are the development of new 3D printing platforms, scaffold design software, and materials for tissue engineering applications.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Geng-Hsi
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan, ROC ; Research Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 100 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shan-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hsu
keywords: Additive manufacturing (AM); Scaffold; Tissue engineering