Biofabricated Tissues and Organs for Clinical Impact

Tissue engineering is a fostered field that seeks to cover the clinical need to replace injured, damaged or pathological tissues and organs. Rapid advances in this field would not be possible without developing and innovating new biofabricated materials. Innovative research into producing biofabricated materials results in tissue substitutes or cellular products designed to enhance, repair or replace various tissues and organs. These groundbreaking strategies are essential for further success and progression of the field to achieve relevant solutions in the clinical setting.

This Research Topic intends to cover recent advances and emerging developments in the design and development of biofabricated materials for engineering a wide range of tissues and organs. Specifically, it will pick up and show the next-generation development of critical types of biomaterials, both synthetic and natural, that are being investigated for tissue engineering applications. That includes biodegradable polymers, hydrogels, peptides, inorganic materials such as bioactive and glasses ceramics, and technologies and strategies to build these biomaterials for tissue engineering.

It will feature research that reports such progress, including fundamental studies on innovative biofabricated materials or translational studies and pre-clinical testing.

Therefore, we would like to invite academics in this space to submit full papers, communications, and reviews to this special issue with a particular focus given (but not restricted) on:

-Innovative biofabrication techniques with relevant/promising clinical outcomes

-New innovative, biocompatible and bioactive materials for tissue regeneration

-New models and platforms to build up/mimic native organ and tissue microarchitectures and functionalities

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• ... View all formats

Articles that are accepted for publication by our external editors following rigorous peer review incur a publishing fee charged to Authors, institutions, or funders.

Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Policy Brief
• Review
• Study Protocol
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Tissue engineering; Translational medicine; Biomaterials; Biofabrication

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.