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Honoring a Pioneer in Tissue Engineering: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Named European Inventor Award 2021 Finalist
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European Patent Office announces that Columbia University Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is nominated for her lifelong work in biomedical engineering
Her scientific innovation, entrepreneurial mindset and patented inventions offer the prospect of safer rehabilitative medicine in musculoskeletal, heart and lung conditions, welcoming a new era in regenerative medicine. MUNICH (PRWEB) May 04, 2021 The European Patent Office (EPO) announces that Serbian-American scientist Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic has been nominated as a finalist of the European Inventor Award 2021 for her innovative contribution to biomedical engineering. She has dedicated her decades-long career to developing an ex vivo tissue engineering technique which offers a safer, more precise way of cultivating skeletal, heart, lun
MUNICH (PRWEB) May 04, 2021 The European Patent Office (EPO) announces that Serbian-American scientist Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic has been nominated as a finalist of the European Inventor Award 2021 for her innovative contribution to biomedical engineering. She has dedicated her decades-long career to developing an ex vivo tissue engineering technique which offers a safer, more precise way of cultivating skeletal, heart, lung, and vascular tissue for either transplantation, disease modelling, or drug testing.
Named as one of three finalists in the prestigious “Lifetime achievement” category, Vunjak-Novakovic’s work has solved the intricate problems involved in replacing damaged tissue. Before she developed her technique, tissue replacement either involved a painful graft from a patient’s body or carried the risk of immune rejection in the case of grafts taken from a cadaver. Vunjak-Novakovic’s pioneering te
London-based entrepreneur who created leather alternative from pineapple leaves nominated for top award Naomi Ackerman
A London-based sustainable fashion entrepreneur who created a leather alternative from pineapple leaves has been shortlisted for the prestigious European Inventor Award.
Former World Bank adviser and textile industry expert, Carmen Hijosa, invented her trademarked Piñatex fabric in a bid to find a durable, environmentally-friendly, attractive-looking and soft alternative to leather.
Pineapple leaves are usually a waste product of fruit harvests, but the designer devised a process to create fabric from their dried-out cellulose fibres, which she combined with corn-based polylactic acid and transformed into a non-woven mesh textile.