Publications by authors named "J P Carrasco-Amador"

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  • Additive manufacturing in medicine allows for customized product creation, but challenges in obtaining accurate cell viability hinder progress.
  • This study compares the printability of hydrogels and thermoplastics in 3D bioprinting to create biomimetic structures, emphasizing the need for effective material analysis.
  • Results revealed that only 5% gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) successfully produced accurate biomimetic models, indicating that hydrogels still require improvement to compete with thermoplastic performance in bioprinting.
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280Currently, the characterization techniques for hydrogels used in bioprinting are extensive, and they could provide data on the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of hydrogels. While characterizing the hydrogels, the analysis of their printing properties is of great importance in the determination of their potential for bioprinting. The study of printing properties provides data on their capacity to reproduce biomimetic structures and maintain their integrity after the process, as it also relates them to the possible cell viability after the generation of the structures.

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Building sector is a major contributor to the emissions of pollutant gases, which are responsible for health-damaging effects of climate change. To quantify and reduce these emissions. This comparative study is presented between two buildings that could have a sanitary or any other type of use.

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Bioprinting is a complex process, highly dependent on bioink properties (materials and cells) and environmental conditions (mainly temperature, humidity and CO concentration) during the bioprinting process. To guarantee proper cellular viability and an accurate geometry, it is mandatory to control all these factors. Despite internal factors, such as printing pressures, temperatures or speeds, being well-controlled in actual bioprinters, there is a lack in the controlling of external parameters, such as room temperature or humidity.

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Nowadays, bioprinting is rapidly evolving and hydrogels are a key component for its success. In this sense, synthesis of hydrogels, as well as bioprinting process, and cross-linking of bioinks represent different challenges for the scientific community. A set of unified criteria and a common framework are missing, so multidisciplinary research teams might not efficiently share the advances and limitations of bioprinting.

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