**Author details**

Xiaohong Wang1,2,3\*, Jukka Tuomi1 , Antti A. Mäkitie1,4, Kaija-Stiina Paloheimo1 , Jouni Partanen1 and Marjo Yliperttula5

\*Address all correspondence to: wangxiaohong@tsinghua.edu.cn

1 Business Innovation Technology (BIT) Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

2 Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing Technology, Ministry of Education & Center of Organ Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua Univer‐ sity, Beijing, P.R. China

3 State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China

4 Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

5 Division of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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Jouni Partanen1

Xiaohong Wang1,2,3\*, Jukka Tuomi1

Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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sity, Beijing, P.R. China

Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China

\*Address all correspondence to: wangxiaohong@tsinghua.edu.cn

The Project was Supported by the State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (No. 2012 - P03), the National Natural Science Foundation of China / the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (NSFC/RGC, No. 50731160625), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81271665), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30970748), the Cross-Strait Tsinghua Cooperation Basic Research (No.2012THZ02-3), the National High Tech 863 Grant (No. 2009AA043801), the Finland Distinguished Professor program (FiDiPro) of Tekes

1 Business Innovation Technology (BIT) Research Centre, School of Science and Technology,

2 Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing Technology, Ministry of Education & Center of Organ Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua Univer‐

3 State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong

4 Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and

5 Division of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of

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