Polymers as Bioartifical Organs

AQUA+TECH a company from Geneva is proud to announce a collaboration with the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. In collaboration with Professor Farzaneh Sharifi Aghdas, cultured myogenic cells, obtained by a biopsy, will be seeded onto polymer substrates. This will ultimately transplanted around the urethra below the vaginal mucosa flap. The research will involve the in vivo evaluation of polymer tolerance in large animals, and, pending success, the transplantation of the seeded polymer construct. The particular clinical objective is to control incontinence in women using a minimally invasive surgical technique, of which many have been pioneered by Prof. Simforoosh and his team. Ultimately an extension of cell transplantation to male incontinence is envisioned.

AQUA+TECH is one of the seven multinational flocculant firms and the only producer focusing on the Southern Hemisphere as well as Asia. Our flocculants are applied in all the water’s manifestations, from clarifying potable and bottled sources, to dewatering sludge to pretreatment in municipal WWTPs.

The initial research behind the innovative wastewater technology has gone on to help the company produce breakthrough products that are pure enough, and of sufficiently high and consistent quality, that they canbe used in clinical trials for drug delivery and in personal care applications including skin based cosmetoceuticals.