Yin Yu

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Yin Yu is a pioneering researcher in the field of bioprinting and tissue engineering, whose work has significantly advanced the development of scaffold-free fabrication strategies for creating functional, three-dimensional biological constructs. Yu's most influential contribution—"Three-dimensional bioprinting using self-assembling scalable scaffold-free 'tissue strands' as a new bioink" (2016)—has garnered over 266 citations, establishing tissue strands as a groundbreaking bioink material that more authentically mimics the complexity of native tissues and organs. This innovation addressed a longstanding challenge in the field: scaling up fabrication without compromising biological fidelity. Yu's earlier work, including "A Hybrid Bioprinting Approach for Scale-Up Tissue Fabrication" (2014) and "Tissue strands as 'bioink' for scale-up organ printing" (2014), laid the conceptual and technical groundwork for using cellular aggregates and tissue strands as building blocks in automated, robotic-based manufacturing of vascularized tissues. Collectively, these contributions represent a cohesive research vision focused on bridging the gap between laboratory-scale tissue constructs and clinically relevant organ fabrication, making Yu a notable voice in regenerative medicine and advanced biomanufacturing.

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1. 1
   Three-dimensional bioprinting using self-assembling scalable scaffold-free “tissue strands” as a new bioink

   266 citations · 2016
2. 2
   A Hybrid Bioprinting Approach for Scale-Up Tissue Fabrication

   77 citations · 2014
3. 3
   Tissue strands as “bioink” for scale-up organ printing

   31 citations · 2014

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