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Karthik Tappa
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 28
Citations - 1366
Karthik Tappa is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bone cement & Halloysite. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 26 publications receiving 945 citations. Previous affiliations of Karthik Tappa include Louisiana Tech University.
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Recent Advances in Biomaterials for 3D Printing and Tissue Engineering
TL;DR: Three-dimensional printing has significant potential as a fabrication method in creating scaffolds for tissue engineering, including the ability to create complex geometries, porosities, co-culture of multiple cells, and incorporate growth factors.
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Novel Biomaterials Used in Medical 3D Printing Techniques.
TL;DR: Most common types of medical 3D printing technologies, including fused deposition modeling, extrusion based bioprinting, inkjet, and polyjet printing techniques, their clinical applications, different types of biomaterials currently used by researchers, and key limitations are discussed in detail.
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Antibiotic and chemotherapeutic enhanced three-dimensional printer filaments and constructs for biomedical applications
Jeffery A. Weisman,James C. Nicholson,Karthik Tappa,Udayabhanu Jammalamadaka,Chester G. Wilson,David Mills +5 more
TL;DR: This paper demonstrates the first application of 3D printing as a method for the potential sustained delivery of antibiotic and chemotherapeutic drugs from constructs for patient treatment from 3D constructs loaded with gentamicin and methotrexate.
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Sustained Release of Antibacterial Agents from Doped Halloysite Nanotubes.
TL;DR: It is proposed that halloysite doped nanotubes have the potential for use in a variety of medical applications including sutures and surgical dressings, without compromising material properties.
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Medication eluting devices for the field of OBGYN (MEDOBGYN): 3D printed biodegradable hormone eluting constructs, a proof of concept study
Karthik Tappa,Udayabhanu Jammalamadaka,David H. Ballard,Todd Bruno,Marissa R. Israel,Harika Vemula,J. Mark Meacham,David Mills,Pamela K. Woodard,Jeffery A. Weisman +9 more
TL;DR: 3D printing of estrogen and progesterone-eluting constructs was feasible in this proof of concept study and showed an increase in luciferase activity and without any deleterious effects, suggesting that 3D printing can be achieved below the degradation temperatures of the hormones.