3D printing uses specialized equipment to create solid, three-dimensional objects from a digital file. The practice has been around since the 1980s, when Charles W. Hull invented the process and created the first 3D-printed part.

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing is the only peer-reviewed journal on the rapidly moving field of 3D printing and related technologies. The Journal provides comprehensive coverage of academic research and industrial and commercial developments that have applications in medicine, education, food, and architecture.

The biotechnology field offers promising potential for 3D printing applications in designing and fabricating medical devices, biomedical devices, diagnostics, tissue implants, hydrogels, scaffolds, micro-nanofluidic devices, including organ-on-chip, organoid-on-chip, and lab-on-chip as point-of-care devices.