TISSUE SCAFFOLDING: AN UPCOMING TISSUE FABRICATION TECHNIQUE

Tissue engineering (TE) is a multidisciplinary research that combines clinical medicine, biology, biochemistry, and materials science. TE involves the creation of scaffolds that can replicate the characteristics of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of tissues to ensure complete and whole regeneration. During the past decade, a wide range of materials have been chosen for bone tissue engineering and combined with these production techniques. Several production methods, including electro-spinning, freeze-drying, bio-printing, and de-cellularization, have been used to create scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. In this paper, we review the capabilities and operating methods of the most promising techniques for the future.