Dityrosine photocrosslinking of native collagen bioinks for controlled shape-fidelity of bioprinted cardiac tissue constructs: probing the interplay between fibrillogenesis and covalent bond formation
Ana Nunes, Ankita Pramanick, Daniel Kelly, Rashmi Ramakrishnan, Vasileios Sergis, Vinh Khanh Doan, Hien Anh Tran, Khoon S. Lim, Henrique Vazão de Almeida, Andrew C. Daly
This paper develops a photocrosslinking method to stabilize collagen bioinks for bioprinted cardiac tissue, enabling tunable shape fidelity through dityrosine bonds.
bioRxiv · Jan 14, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering