UC3M receives one of 2017 “Best Ideas” Awards from Diario Médico
Research on 3-D bioprinter of human skin receives prize
11/15/17
The 3-D bioprinter that produces totally functional human skin is one of the innovative initiatives of the year, according to the 2017 “Best Ideas” Awards given by Diario Médico. It was developed by researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the Center of Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), the Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital and the BioDan Group company.
These prizes, awarded during the 16th edition, held in Barcelona, are given to innovative initiatives carried out over the previous year and recognize the innovative work of professionals and organizations in the national health system and the private sector in six categories: professional policy; management; ethics and deontology; research and pharmacology and sponsorship and solidarity.
The innovation of UC3M was awarded in the research and pharmacology category, along with other advances in the health profession: a treatment for HIV, an extravascular skin defibrillator for children, a treatment for schizophrenia, a study about the genome and epigenome of cancer and the discovery of biomarkers in Crohn’s disease.
This new human skin is one of the first living human organs created by bioprinting on the market and replicates the natural structure of skin, with a first external layer, the epidermis with its stratum corneum, which protects against the external environment, and the dermis, which is deeper and thicker. It can be transplanted in patients or used for the research and testing of cosmetic, chemical and pharmaceutical products.
Further information:
Spanish scientists create a 3D bioprinter to print human skin
