What can biofabrication do for space and what can space do for biofabrication

Lorenzo Moroni; Kevin Tabury; Hilde Stenuit; Daniela Grimm; Sarah Baatout; Vladimir Mironov

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.08.008

What can biofabrication do for space and what can space do for biofabrication

Lorenzo Moroni, Kevin Tabury, Hilde Stenuit, Daniela Grimm, Sarah Baatout, Vladimir Mironov

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Abstract

Biofabrication in space is one of the novel promising and prospective researchdirections in the rapidly emergingfield of space STEM. There are several advan-tages of biofabrication in space. Under microgravity, it is possible to engineerconstructs using morefluidic channels and thus more biocompatible bioinks.Microgravity enables biofabrication of tissue and organ constructs of more complexgeometries, thus facilitating novel scaffold-, label-, and nozzle-free technologiesbased on multi-levitation principles. However, when exposed to microgravity andcosmic radiation, biofabricated tissues could be used to study pathophysiologicalphenomena that will be useful on Earth and for deep space manned missions.Here, we provide leading concepts about the potential mutual benefits of the appli-cation of biofabrication technologies in space.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	398-411
Number of pages	14
Journal	Trends in Biotechnology
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.08.008
State	Published - Apr 2022

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