Dr. Dek Woolfson

Professor Dek Woolfson, at the University of Bristol (UK), has been growing artificial tissue that might be used as skin, nerves and cartilage.  His process, for a 3D scaffolding, is called “hydrogelating self assembling fibres.”  Hydrogels are common ingredients in commercially available products today, but this is a new application for making tissue.  Woolfson uses natural proteins, while others in this genre think synthetic polymers are easier to work with and less expensive.  MORE