Printing wax to create scaffolds for tissue engineering applications
In a space of 2–3 hours, the desired pattern could be created with computer-assisted design, printed and have cells seeded onto the scaffold, which could reduce the cycle time of prototyping micropattern designs. Human dermal fibroblasts and RN22 Schwann cells were seen to proliferate within the fabricated patterns and survive for more than 7 days. Additionally, the wax constructs could be readily removed from the substrate at any stage after cell seeding with the cells continuing to proliferate. Thus, we report on a simple but novel approach for the controlled physical positioning of live cells by wax inkjet printing, suitable for cell proliferation studies
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