Florida A&M University realizes mass 3D printing of human cornea

China3D printingNet, June 11, Professor Mandip Sachdeva of Florida A&M University of Pharmacy (FAMU) led a project3D printingThe cornea research project, which is said to be the first example of mass printing of human cells, especially in the United States.

This project uses Cellink Bio X3D printingThe machine was carried out in two research laboratories in the Dyson Pharmacy Building on the FAMU campus. Sachdeva, research assistant Paul Dinh and graduate assistant Shallu Kutlehria of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will submit a white paper later this month detailing the project. The experimental results of the project may lead to advances in the medical field related to cornea Applications such as transplantation and treatment.According to China3D printingNet understanding, batch
Corneal printing means that multiple corneas can be printed in minutes using a stent specially designed in the laboratory.
This will save time and increase efficiency.


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Sachdeva taught at FAMU for 26 years, and they received a total of US$25 million in research funding.Recently3D bioprintingThe cornea research benefited from a 2017 grant from the National Science Foundation. In addition to the two FAMU-FSU Faculty of Engineering professors, Sachdeva has also received funding for bioprinting, aerospace materials, and energy research applications.After initially focusing on materials/devices for biological applications, they focused on ophthalmic research and corneal research3D printingResearch.

The project started in early 2018, mainly through the use of stromal cells or corneal cells to replicate the collagen matrix of the 3D real cornea. These cells help develop and maintain normal corneal structure and transparency, and help repair tissue after injury.
“The starting point is that we must print the cornea. When you print the cornea, bio-ink is very important. You must formulate a bio-ink to simulate the cornea with human characteristics.”
Potential applications for tissues include corneal transplantation, the long-term goal of the project, and the creation of in vitro models for research and drug screening drugs.Currently, the team is developing and using3D printingThe cornea’s blinking model prototype, which is an upgrade of the basic in vitro model.


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about3D printingSome research on the cornea:

With the potential impact of artificial eye tissue, some3D bioprintingcornea.Since 2017, the La Paz Institute of Biomedicine (IdiPAZ) from Madrid, Spain has been committed to the realization of 3D human cornea by 20203D printingThe goal.
Pandorum Technologies Pvt.Is a biotechnology company located in Bangalore, it also uses3D bioprintingOf corneal tissue to promote wound-free healing of eye wounds.
In 2018, scientists from Newcastle University (NCL) successfully3D printingThe human cornea. Che Connon, a professor of tissue engineering at Newcastle University, and his research team created a printable bio-link solution from donor stem cells, alginate and collagen.This is used to successfully3D printingcornea. Sachdeva explained the difference between the FAMU research project and the NCL research, however, they printed a cornea. [Dinh]Say it takes a lot of time. If you want to print 6 corneas or 12 corneas, you need more time, which is far from batch application.Florida A&M University’s research off-batch biology3D printingThe cornea is closer.

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