Team Megamorph

Based on ATTRACT project: MEGAMORPH

Modality A

Program

TeSI

Course

TeSI

Modality

Modality A

Academic year

2022-23

Description

MegaMorph is a true breakthrough in the field of tissue engineering, utilizing a mechanical graphene-based technology to produce bio-grafts that are crucial for organ reconstruction purposes. Heart reconstruction is a significant challenge in medicine, with conditions such as CHDs and heart infarction being leading causes of death worldwide. Current solutions for heart bio/grafts are extremely primitive and do not provide a viable solution. Plastic grafts, which are currently used, need to be periodically changed and lack the same capabilities as real heart tissue, resulting in a high risk of multiple surgeries. This is why MegaMorph’s ability to create a bio/graft that becomes a real part of the heart, using the patient’s own stem cells, is such a game-changer. The simplicity and high modularity of MegaMorph makes it perfectly suited to provide a perfect solution to this yet unsolved challenge, offering a new hope for better patient outcomes and quality of life.