the Porto, 14 of June of 2024. the Institute of Bioinxeniería en Network for the Envellecemento Saudable (IBEROS+) reuniu today in the Porto the representatives of the 13 grupos of research galegos and portugueses that the integran for share knowledge on on bioimpresión 3D, biomateriales, órganos nun chip and organoides, with aim of explore new projects conxuntos.
IBEROS+ supón the evolución of IBEROS, that puxo the duntilbases desta collaboration scientific between 2017 and 2020. the new project, in the that integran more of 150 researchers, conta cun orzamento of preto of 2,2 millóns of euros until 2026, procedente of the Programme Operativo of Cooperación Transfronteiriza Interreg Spain-Portugal 2021-2027 (POCTEP) –with cofinanciamento of FEDER–. the seu fin último é improve the health and the calidade of viof the of the population, with especial fowith in the diseases asociaof the to the ageing.
the bioimpresión 3D protagonizou the primeira of the comunicacións divulgativas of the event day, led by Patricia Díaz, of the Group I+D Farma of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Díaz expuxo that this technology, capaz of create estruturas complexas that mimetizan teciof the and órganos, promete revolucionar the development of new biomateriales for mediciin the regenerativa and the cribaof the of new fármacos of forma more eficiente. With todo, advertiu of that the seu éxito depende of asegurar the viabilidade and funcionalidade celular, of the mesmo xeito that of seleccionar materiais biocompatibles that imiten the matriz extracelular of teciof the naturais. In addition, débese alcanzar a precisión and resolución capaz of xerar estruturas complexas cunha vascularización funcional esencial for the achega of nutrientes, thus the increase the velocidade and escalabilidade of the procesos of bioimpresión for the its aplicación clínica.
Laura Vázquez, of the empresa Galician BFlow, explicou the potencial of the microfluídica for construír sistemas of órganos nun chip mediante the combinación with farming celular. Vázquez precisou that estes sistemas are the future in the campo of the descubrimento of fármacos, xa that reducen the tempos of development, the custos and the use of models animals.
the organoides centraron the exposición of Immacoluntil Maietta, of the Group of Inmunología of the University of Vigo (UVigo), quen the definiu the versións tridimensionales of órganos or tumores derivaof the of células nai or biopsias. Estes cultivos en 3D replican characteristics estruturais and funcionais key dun teciof the específiwith and xa se usan in the modelaof the of diseases and en mediciin the personalizada, demostranof the a gran potencial for revolucionar the estratexias of research and truntilmento.
Pola its banda, Ain the Leite, investigadora of the Centre of Biotecnologia and Química Fiin the (CBQF) of the University Católica Portuguesa (UCP), centrouse in the utilidade of the dióxiof the of carboin the supercrítiwith (scCO2) for create metodoloxías more rápiof the and efectivas in the procesaof the of biomateriales and tecidos. Leite expuxo the seu potencial nunha wide variedade of aplicacións biomédicas, the esterilización of materiais sensibles or the procesaof the of teciof the biolóxiwith en matrices extracelulares descelularizaof the for xerar produtos biolóxicos of alta calidade that until the of now non eran posibles.
New propostas and book branco
During the event day the grupos of research tiveron ocasión of present new propostas for projects in collaboration withs demais membros of the Institute, with aim of abrir a reflexión conxunta on the more viables and poñelos en marcha nun future.
In addition, various researchers new of the network expuxeron results of projects en curso and compartíronse the progress realizaof the in the elaboración dun book branwith on the biofabrication and the enxeñería of tecidos. Nel analizarase the situación actual deste sector and estableceranse previsións on the its evolución. the finalidade desta publicación é bring duntil for orientar the toma of decisións futuras on cuestións lexislativas, administrativas or económicas.