Drop-on-Demand Solution for Improved Tissue Engineering

Tissue engineering combines biology and engineering to reproduce organs in vitro. Bioprinting of cells in hydrogels is one of the methods to produce these in vitro organs. While most methods aim to create homogeneous cell suspension, we believe that heterogeneous cell repartition can help us recreate some aspects at the micrometer scale that traditional methods cannot. This could be used to reproduce the specific micro-architecture of different organs. To achieve this goal, we want to use a drop-on-demand system to precisely position the cells in 3D. If it succeeds, it will pave the way for a new tissue engineering method.