New Center for Advanced Tissue Biofabrication
The center is funded by a $25,000 SUNY Center-Scale Proposal Planning and Development Grant.
The Binghamton University Biomedical Engineering Department has been awarded a $25,000 grant for a new Center for Advanced Tissue Biofabrication (CATB).
The center will serve as a resource for the growing demands for regenerative medicinal tissue products that can provide therapeutic solutions for major diseases like cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders and more.
The center will be unique for its focus on large-scale production.
The center’s proposal states: “The manufacturing of tissues and organs at high volume or in a more controlled fashion requires revolutionizing current tissue-fabrication technologies. There are pressing needs for technology advancement and innovation in advanced biomanufacturing that allow for scalable production of desired tissue-therapeutic products.”
The proposal for the center grew out of a National Science Foundation-funded workshop in advanced biomanufacturing.
That nationally coordinated effort will set out to integrate engineering, life science and clinical practice; develop training programs to sustain the growth of tissue manufacturing; and create the standards, models and resources necessary for production.