New OPUS project: Biomorphic materials in biomedical engineering
We are happy to inform about a new project that will be realized within the framework of POB1.
Project entitled: "Pyrolysis process of selected precursor plants under different conditions and subsequent surface modification, their effecs on the mechanical and biological properties of biomorphic materials - experimental and computational modelling research" has been just recommended for funding in the last NCN-Opus call.
Surgery, other medical procedures, as well as well as cosmetology desires the discovery of an implantable materiel that would serve as a scaffold for tissues to grow. Researchers have observed that after the thermal decomposition, plant fragments retain their unique biomorfous structure that is difficult to obtain using conventional techniques. These biomorfous materials appear to fulfil at least the basic requirements for the support of cell growth and micro-blood vessels development. We aim to gain further knowledge on the required parameters that would
make it possible to pre-machine fragments of organic matter and subsequently to convert them into material that could support tissue growth and could be used as a precursor for regenerative medicine purposes.
Congratulations to the project principal investigator, prof. Marek Łos, and his collaborators from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering in Zabrze.
