Bio-Design and Manufacturing  2026 Vol.9 No.4 P.617 - 725

http://doi.org/10.1631/bdm.2600246


Biofabrication and biomedical manufacturing research frontiers in the United States


Author(s):  Yunxia Chen,Kyle R. Phillips,Eben Alsberg,Thomas E. Angelini,Nasim Annabi,Anthony Atala,Amit Bandyopadhyay,Leon M. Bellan,Luiz E. Bertassoni,Adriana Blazeski,Thomas Boland,Susmita Bose,Jason A. Burdick,Robert C. Chang,Christopher S. Chen,Roland K. Chen,Douglas B. Chrisey,Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez,Paul D. Dalton,David Dean,Aixiang Ding,Bin Duan,Marc Ferrer,John P. Fisher,Gabor Forgacs,Debolina Ghosh,Warren L. Grayson,Murat Guvendiren,MD Ahasan Habib,Sarah C. Heilshorn,Ashley Hicks,Scott J. Hollister,Congrui Jin,Yifei Jin,Roger D. Kamm,Bashir Khoda,Robert Langer,Cato T. Laurencin,Sang Jin Lee,Kam W. Leong,Ming C. Leu,Wei Li,Michael Mak,Amir K. Miri,Roger J. Narayan,Liqun Ning,Brenda M. Ogle,Ibrahim T. Ozbolat,Zhijian Pei,Peihua Qiu,Krishanu Saha,Jayant Saksena,Vahid Serpooshan,Albert Shih,Rohan A. Shirwaiker,Pranav Soman,Ali Tamayol,Mark W. Tibitt,Changxue Xu,Yunzhi Peter Yang,Lijie Grace Zhang,James J. Yoo,Shaochen Chen,Yu Shrike Zhang,Yong Huang

Affiliation(s):  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA more

Corresponding email(s):   James.Yoo@wfusm.edushc064@ucsd.eduyszhang@bwh.harvard.eduyongh@ufl.edu

Key Words:  Biofabrication, Biomedical manufacturing, United States, Biomaterials, Physics modeling, Biomechanics


Yunxia Chen, Kyle R. Phillips, Eben Alsberg, Thomas E. Angelini, Nasim Annabi, Anthony Atala, Amit Bandyopadhyay, Leon M. Bellan, Luiz E. Bertassoni, Adriana Blazeski, Thomas Boland, Susmita Bose, Jason A. Burdick, Robert C. Chang, Christopher S. Chen, Roland K. Chen, Douglas B. Chrisey, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Paul D. Dalton, David Dean, Aixiang Ding, Bin Duan, Marc Ferrer, John P. Fisher, Gabor Forgacs, Debolina Ghosh, Warren L. Grayson, Murat Guvendiren, MD Ahasan Habib, Sarah C. Heilshorn, Ashley Hicks, Scott J. Hollister, Congrui Jin, Yifei Jin, Roger D. Kamm, Bashir Khoda, Robert Langer, Cato T. Laurencin, Sang Jin Lee, Kam W. Leong, Ming C. Leu, Wei Li, Michael Mak, Amir K. Miri, Roger J. Narayan, Liqun Ning, Brenda M. Ogle, Ibrahim T. Ozbolat, Zhijian Pei, Peihua Qiu, Krishanu Saha, Jayant Saksena, Vahid Serpooshan, Albert Shih, Rohan A. Shirwaiker, Pranav Soman, Ali Tamayol, Mark W. Tibitt, Changxue Xu, Yunzhi Peter Yang, Lijie Grace Zhang, James J. Yoo, Shaochen Chen, Yu Shrike Zhang, Yong Huang. Biofabrication and biomedical manufacturing research frontiers in the United States[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science D, 2026, 9(4): 617 - 725.

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Abstract: 
Biofabrication and biomedical manufacturing are inherently multidisciplinary, integrating living systems with advanced manufacturing to create functional products for applications spanning regenerative engineering and medicine, in vitro disease modeling, drug discovery, and medical devices. As these technologies develop, they are emerging as core enablers of next-generation healthcare and life-science innovation. In the United States (U.S.), rapid progress across fabrication processes, material systems, physics-based modeling, and translation-oriented strategies is expanding the achievable design space and accelerating movement from laboratory demonstrations toward clinical and commercial deployment. We introduce major U.S. research frontiers and highlight representative advances in this field that support applications including organoids and other microphysiological systems for in vitro testing, engineered tissue constructs for in vivo use, and medical devices and biohybrid platforms. We further provide an outlook on advancing robust, ethical biofabrication and biomedical manufacturing in the U.S. research ecosystem.

美国生物制造与生物医学制造研究前沿

生物制造与生物医学制造具有天然的多学科交叉属性,其将生命系统与先进制造相结合,以构建适用于再生医学、体外疾病模型、药物研发和医疗器械等领域的功能性产品。随着这些技术不断发展,它们正逐步成为推动下一代医疗健康与生命科学创新的核心支撑技术。在美国,围绕制造工艺、材料体系、物理建模以及转化策略所取得的快速进展,正在不断拓展可实现的设计空间,并加速推动该领域从实验室验证走向临床与产业化应用。本文作为一篇前瞻性综述,介绍了美国在该领域的主要研究前沿,并重点概述了支撑类器官及其他微生理系统体外测试、体内应用的工程化组织构建,以及医疗器械和生物混合平台等方向的代表性进展。本文还进一步展望了如何在美国科研生态中推动稳健且符合伦理的生物构建与生物医学制造发展。
关键词:生物制造;生物医学制造;美国;生物材料;物理建模;生物力学

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