Artificial human organs and tissues are starting to be grown in Bashkortostan in a new large bioengineering and bioprinting laboratory. It opens in December and will become part of the new Interuniversity Campus.
The bioengineering and bioprinting laboratory opened in the spring of this year at BSMU in more modest spaces. Scientists are assisted by postgraduate students of the Department of Urology, undergraduates, second and third year students majoring in Biology.
They create biomimetic - similar to natural - human organs and tissues. In particular, scientists are already working on a bioengineered cornea of the eye and are busy selecting cells and gels to create tissue-engineered cartilage.
The bioequivalent is as similar as possible to the human analogue in structure and function. It can be used for restoration or regeneration, testing potential drugs (drug candidates) and studying the mechanisms of understanding the pathogenesis of diseases. This will make technology and medicines more accessible to ordinary people.