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Frontier Bio’s Lab-Grown Blood Vessel Tech Is Powered by 3D Printing

From CAARE Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research
November 2023

These can then be used to test vascular medical devices instead of cruelly experimenting on animals as the lab-grown blood vessels more accurately mimic natural and disease-related conditions in humans.

Biotech startup Frontier Bio is advancing non-animal research through its lab-grown blood vessel model.

In conjunction with 3D printing technology, they have been able to engineer and grow blood vessels in the lab that replicate human blood vessels, including complex vascular structures.

These can then be used to test vascular medical devices instead of cruelly experimenting on animals as the lab-grown blood vessels more accurately mimic natural and disease-related conditions in humans. Researchers have already confirmed the accuracy of the technique and hope that it will contribute to ending animal experiments.

The recent passage of the FDA Modernization Act is encouraging more non-animal innovation. Sam Pashneh-Tala, Head of Vascular Tissue Engineering at Frontier Bio, states “With the recent FDA Modernization Act 2.0, the regulations for animal alternatives in developing medical devices and drugs are becoming less of a barrier.”

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