New bioink to mimic human skin constructs using 3D bioprinting
The demand for engineered skin tissues has surged for both in vitro and in vivo applications, and one of the key points to succeed is to choose an appropriate scaffold … Read more
3D Bioprinting
The President of Catalonia visits IBEC
During the visit, the President of the Government of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès i Garcia, and the Minister of Health, Manel Balcells i Díaz, were able to learn first-hand about several … Read more
3D bioprinting on RTVE
Lead researcher Eli Engel and IBEC researcher Bárbara Blanco are featured on RTVE for their recent research against breast cancer. Using 3D bioprinting they have created tumors from pig tissue. … Read more
3D bioprinting and cancer in the media
IBEC researchers led by Elisabeth Engel are in the media for their new tool against breast cancer: 3D bioprinting of tumors using pig tissue. The study, led by group leader … Read more
IBEC researchers lead a European project to develop a high resolution 3D bioprinting technology
A group of experts at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) lead the European project BRIGHTER (Bioprinting by light-sheet lithography: engineering complex tissues with high resolution at high speed), an initiative to develop an innovative and high resolution 3D bioprinting technology able to produce functional tissues.