3D bioprinted skin-on-a-chip model
USP: This model will serve to replace animal models in the testing of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, thereby solving both ethical and economical difficulties in drug development. The combined usage of 3D bioprinting technology and microfluidic devices is designed to better recapitulate in vivo skin tissue to provide the best possible technology to service companies and organizations in the area.
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INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, Mumbai
- Product Name: 3D bioprinted skin-on-a-chip model
- Product Title: The printing parameters have been optimized, the bioink has been characterized and the composition has been optimized the seeding density has been optimized and the cells used have been shown to be viable in both static and microfluidic co-culture. Also, cell-tracker dye staining has been completed to show the morphology and orientation of the discretely formed skin layers in the microfluidic skin-on-a-chip device.
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- Unique Selling Point: This model will serve to replace animal models in the testing of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, thereby solving both ethical and economical difficulties in drug development. The combined usage of 3D bioprinting technology and microfluidic devices is designed to better recapitulate in vivo skin tissue to provide the best possible technology to service companies and organizations in the area.
