Cited by 613Bone Tissue Engineering Materials3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Biofabrication of bone tissue: approaches, challenges and translation for bone regeneration

Tang, Daniel, Tare, Rahul S., Yang, Liang-Yo, Williams, David F., Ou, Keng-Liang, Oreffo, Richard O.C.·2016·Biomaterials

Abstract

The rising incidence of bone disorders has resulted in the need for more effective therapies to meet this demand, exacerbated by an increasing ageing population. Bone tissue engineering is seen as a means of developing alternatives to conventional bone grafts for repairing or reconstructing bone defects by combining biomaterials, cells and signalling factors. However, skeletal tissue engineering has not yet achieved full translation into clinical practice as a consequence of several challenges. The use of additive manufacturing techniques for bone biofabrication is seen as a potential solution, with its inherent capability for reproducibility, accuracy and customisation of scaffolds as well as cell and signalling factor delivery. This review highlights the current research in bone biofabrication, the necessary factors for successful bone biofabrication, in addition to the current limitations affecting biofabrication, some of which are a consequence of the limitations of the additive manufacturing technology itself.

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Authors
Tang, D., Tare, R. S., Yang, L.-Y., Williams, D. F., Ou, K.-L., & Oreffo, R. O. C.
Affiliations
  • University of Southampton (GB)
  • China Medical University (TW)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital (TW)
Corresponding author
  • Ou, Keng-Liang
  • Oreffo, Richard O.C.
Venue
Biomaterials
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-03
Volume
83
Pages
363-382
ISSN
0142-9612 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2225513920
Cited by
613
References
137
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 52 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 63 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 70 · 2020: 91 · 2019: 74 · 2018: 67 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 18
FWCI
4.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biomaterials (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • BBSRC (BB/L021072/1, BB/L00609X/1)
  • MRC (G1000842, G0802397)
  • Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (103-2218-E-038-002, 103-2911-I-038-503, 103-2314-B-038-038)
  • Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (104-TDU-M-112-000003)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
Keywords
bone tissue engineering, bone regeneration, additive manufacturing, 3D-printed scaffolds, bone graft alternatives, bone defects, cell delivery, clinical translation
MeSH terms
Bone and Bones, Bone Regeneration, Humans, Tissue Engineering

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