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Prefabricated Mature Blood Vessels and Tools for Vascularized 3D Cell Culture

Descrizione del progetto

Sistemi di coltura cellulare 3D vascolarizzati

La coltura cellulare tridimensionale (3D) consente di coltivare cellule in strutture che riproducono in modo più fedele i tessuti umani reali rispetto ai tradizionali strati cellulari piatti. Questo aspetto è fondamentale per una modellizzazione accurata delle malattie e per i test sui farmaci. Tuttavia, creare tessuti 3D complessi, vascolarizzati e perfusibili rimane tecnicamente difficile e inaffidabile con gli strumenti attualmente disponibili. Il progetto Vasc-on-Demand, finanziato dal CEI, affronta questa lacuna sviluppando prodotti di laboratorio di facile utilizzo per la generazione di tessuti 3D vascolarizzati. Questi includono un sistema bioreattore all-in-one e reti di recipienti prefabbricati pronti all’uso con o senza cellule. Insieme, queste soluzioni consentiranno di ottenere modelli tissutali robusti e scalabili, supporteranno lo sviluppo di farmaci e ridurranno la sperimentazione sugli animali.

Obiettivo

In 2020, the cell culture market was valued at $19 billion USD, with consumables comprising more than 60% of the market. The emerging 3D cell culture provides lucrative business opportunities for consumables and tissue test models, but current technology and market supply lack an easy and reliable tool for the uncomplicated creation and cultivation of vascularized and perfusable artificial 3D tissue. The current 3D cell culture consumable market offers only well plate inserts and organ-on-a-chip systems for generating 3D tissues, which are limited regarding tissue mimicry and complexity. Bioprinting, while promising, is still unreliable for reproducible vascularized tissue engineering.
The EIC Transition Proposal Vasc-on-Demand aims to fill this gap by providing three easy-to-use laboratory products for the generation and cultivation of perfusable vascularized 3D tissue:
1. BasicVasc: An all-in-one bioreactor consumable for generation and cultivation of perfusable tissue culture
2. EasyVasc: Prefabricated ready-to-use vessel channel networks without cells
3. CompleteVasc: Prefabricated matured cell-containing vascularization
EasyVasc and CompleteVasc both build on the BasicVasc technology. Therefore, BasicVasc will be advanced for high-throughput production of precisely manufactured structures to be ready for the market. The other products will be fully developed and characterized to allow improved vascularized tissue production with even more advanced and simpler ready-to-use systems. This grant will be carried out by a highly motivated team with synergistic expertise in technology, product engineering, and business development, working towards the foundation of a start-up for the commercialization of the technology. The proposed Vasc-on-Demand has the potential to simplify the development of sophisticated test models for research and pharmaceutical approaches like drug testing, leading to reduced animal trials and development costs.

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Coordinatore

UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM WUERZBURG - KLINIKUM DER BAYERISCHEN JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 2 488 750,00
Indirizzo
JOSEF-SCHNEIDER-STRASSE 2
97080 WURZBURG
Germania
Regione
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 2 488 750,00