
09/10/2025
Restoring blood supply to transplanted tissue is one of the toughest challenges in reconstructive surgery.
With a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Penn State's Ibrahim Ozbolat, PhD, of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Dino Ravnic, MD, of Penn State College of Medicine, are combining 3D bioprinting with a surgical method called micropuncture to guide blood vessel growth and improve healing.
Their goal: to create engineered tissues that can survive and thrive in the body — transforming how surgeons rebuild after devastating injuries.
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