Kolkata, May 6 (UNI) Pandorum Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a tissue engineering and regenerative medicine startup company, announced the development of bio-engineered cornea tissue that can promote scarless healing of corneal wounds through bio-inspired regenerative approach.
Scientists at Pandorum have formulated a hydrogel that can encapsulate and deliver corneal stem cells to the wound site, to stimulate scarless regeneration, according to a release issued here today. Pandorum’s cell laden hydrogel can be directly applied in a minimally invasive manner as ‘Liquid Cornea’ to corneal wounds and perforations, and can also be 3D bio-printed as corneal lenticules for lamellar keratoplasty. This research study was presented at the prestigious annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO-2019) held in Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Tuhin Bhowmick, co-founder and Director of Pandorum who holds a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, and is an alumnus of European Molecular Biology Labs (EMBL), said “being able to bio-engineer critical tissues such as the human cornea is a significant milestone.” The work is currently in the stage of animal studies, and the team is preparing to move towards pilot human studies in 2020.