{"id":213971,"date":"2025-05-14T06:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/3d-printed-hydrogels-guide-cell-growth-to-form-functional-tissue-structures"},"modified":"2025-05-14T06:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:26:26","slug":"3d-printed-hydrogels-guide-cell-growth-to-form-functional-tissue-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/3d-printed-hydrogels-guide-cell-growth-to-form-functional-tissue-structures","title":{"rendered":"3D printed hydrogels guide cell growth to form functional tissue structures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/3d-printed-hydrogels-guide-cell-growth-to-form-functional-tissue-structures2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a technique that could help advance treatments in tissue engineering. The study, <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/smll.202500261\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal <i>Small<\/i>, introduces a technique for producing tissues with precise cellular organization designed to mimic the natural structure of human tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Using a simple light-based 3D printing method, the team created microgels with controlled internal architectures. These structures help guide how cells behave and grow, mimicking the way cells naturally behave in the body.<\/p>\n<p>By adjusting properties of light as it interacts with hydrogels, the team modified the internal structure of these microgels, enabling precise control of cell organization in 3D space. This breakthrough addresses a major challenge in creating realistic, functional tissue environments critical for tissue repair and regeneration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a technique that could help advance treatments in tissue engineering. The study, published in the journal Small, introduces a technique for producing tissues with precise cellular organization designed to mimic the natural structure of human tissue. Using a simple light-based 3D printing method, the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1902,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}