Current state of 3D printing in tissue engineering

Faiz Y Bhora* Department of Thoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, 1468 Madison Avenue, NY 10029, USA *Author for correspondence: fybhora@CHPNET.ORG First draft submitted: 22 December 2015; Accepted for publication: 23 December 2015; Published online: 22 January 2016 “As our understanding of stem cell biology, biomaterials and rapid prototyping technology gets more advanced, we expect to see a bigger and a more exciting role of 3D printing in the realm of tissue engineering and regeneration. We also anticipate that 4D printing will be the next frontier in this rapidly evolving field...”