Exploration of Medicine

Bioink material	Properties	Common use
Alginate	Biocompatible, gels rapidly	Cartilage, vascular tissues
Gelatin	Thermoresponsive, biodegradable	Skin, liver
Collagen	Native extracellular matrix component, supports cell growth	Various tissues
Hyaluronic acid	Hydrophilic, biodegradable	Cartilage, skin

Declarations

Author contributions

KP: Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. RS: Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing—review & editing. AD: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision. DD, MAI, PP, and AP: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology. PPB, MS, PS, and BB: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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