Methods for decellularizing animal tissue and bioinks derived therefrom

Abstract

A method of decellularizing in an animal tissue includes digesting the animal tissue; treating the animal tissue with a surfactant: treating the animal tissue with at least one zwitterionic detergent to form a decellularized animal tissue; and treating the decellularized animal tissue with at least one advanced glycation end-product (AGE) inhibitor to reduce AGE crosslinking in the decellularized animal tissue. The decellularized animal tissue may be ground into a powder and dissolved in a digest solution to form a bioink composition useful for 3D printing an in vitro model of healthy or diseased tissue.

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