Abstract
Increasing expansion rate in cell manufacturing systems would allow faster delivery of life-saving treatments to a greater number of patients. Chaotic printing is a novel biofabrication technology that could improve cell expansion capabilities by producing hydrogel filaments layered with open channels, resulting in significantly higher surface area-per-unit-volume of interface between cells and nutrient media compared to existing systems. In this study, we chaotically printed hydrogel filaments laden with clinically-relevant, bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells. After the first week of a 21-day expansion period, cell-laden hydrogel filaments containing open channels had an optimal expansion rate and 2.1x as many cells as filaments without channels. We then validated a novel bioreactor design for expanding cells under flowing nutrient media conditions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 237-243 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Procedia CIRP |
Volume | 110 |
Issue number | C |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 5th CIRP Conference on Biomanufacturing, Cirp BioM 2022 - Calabria, Italy Duration: Jun 22 2022 → Jun 24 2022 |
Keywords
- biofabrication
- cell expansion
- leukemia
- mesenchymal stem cell
- tissue engineering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering