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Recent Advances in Enabling Technologies in 3D Printing for Precision Medicine
Author(s) -
Prendergast Margaret E.,
Burdick Jason A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201902516
Subject(s) - precision medicine , biofabrication , nanotechnology , 3d printing , personalized medicine , data science , analytics , computer science , systems engineering , materials science , biomedical engineering , engineering , medicine , bioinformatics , mechanical engineering , pathology , tissue engineering , biology
Advances in areas such as data analytics, genomics, and imaging have revealed individual patient complexities and exposed the inherent limitations of generic therapies for patient treatment. These observations have also fueled the development of precision medicine approaches, where therapies are tailored for the individual rather than the broad patient population. 3D printing is a field that intersects with precision medicine through the design of precision implants with patient‐directed shapes, structures, and materials or for the development of patient‐specific in vitro models that can be used for screening precision therapeutics. Toward their success, advances in 3D printing and biofabrication technologies are needed with enhanced resolution, complexity, reproducibility, and speed and that encompass a broad range of cells and materials. The overall goal of this progress report is to highlight recent advances in 3D printing technologies that are helping to enable advances important in precision medicine.