Wednesday, December 23, 2015

HUMAN MINI LEVERS -BANGALORE START UP "PRINTS'
OUT LIVING TISSUES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH &
THERAPEUTICS.

Pandorum Technologies Pvt.Ltd.,,the Bangalore based  bio-technology
start up working on tissue engineering,announced that it has developed
artificial tissue that performs the functions of the human liver.These 3D
printed living tissues enable affordable medical research with reduced 
animal & human trial, and will eventually lead to full scale transplantable
organs.
"This is a significant milestone" said,Dr.Tuhin Bhowmick,who holds a 
Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Science and Co founder of the Company.
"Being able to engineer complex tissues such as  the human liver is
no easy task',he said.
Pandorum's 3D printed mini livers behave much like the human liver &
they produce major plasma proteins such as albumin and fibronectin
make cholesterol,store fat and secrete enzymes responssible for 
metabolism & detoxification says the company's press release.

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