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Scientists at Texas A&M University have developed a highly printable bioink as a platform to generate anatomical-scale functional tissues. Bioprinting is an emerging additive manufacturing approach that takes biomaterials such as hydrogels and combines them with cells and growth factors, which are then printed to create tissue-like structures that imitate natural tissues. The researchers developed advanced bioinks that contain nanosilicates – nanoparticles that are 1–2 nm in thickness and 20–50 nm in diameter – and provide more effective reinforcement, which results in stronger structures.
