2025 International Conference on Biofabrication

Session

Clinical Session

15 Sept 2025, 09:00

Ratuszowa

Conveners

Clinical Session

• Jos Malda (UMC Utrecht)

505. Regenerative transplantation: a paradigm shift

Giuseppe Orlando (Wake Forest University)

15/09/2025, 09:00

invited lecture

The true need for transplantable organs has been estimated to be in the order of few millions only in the Western world.
As, worldwide, only 172,397 transplants were performed in 2024, we can infer that the current approach to organ transplantation is inadequate.
The idea of replacing a terminally diseased organs with a new, functional one procured from another individual dates to more than...

506. Innovation to Heal: The Critical Path from Research to Real-World Impact

Julie Allickson (Mayo Clinic)

15/09/2025, 09:18

invited lecture

Translating biotherapeutics into clinical practice is essential for enhancing patients' quality of life and reducing therapy costs, ultimately democratizing access to treatments for all. This overview highlights the Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics, dedicated to clinical translation of novel therapies into early-phase clinical trials. With facilities in Minnesota, Florida,...

512. 3D Bioprinting: Regulatory and Technological Challenges in Bringing a Disruptive Innovation to the Health Market – European Perspective

Michał Wszoła (Polbionica S.A.)

15/09/2025, 09:36

invited lecture

3D bioprinting is emerging as one of the most disruptive technologies in modern medicine, offering the possibility to fabricate patient-specific tissues and organs for regenerative therapies, disease modelling, and drug testing. However, its translation from laboratory research to clinical application faces significant scientific, manufacturing, and regulatory challenges—particularly within...

508. The Kenzan Method: A Scaffold-Free Biofabrication Approach for Clinical Translation in Japan

Koichi Nakayama (Saga University School of Medicine)

15/09/2025, 09:54

invited lecture

We developed the Kenzan Method, a scaffold-free, 3D Biofabrication system that uses multicellular spheroids as building blocks. These spheroids are temporarily pierced on a needle array (“KenZan”), where they fuse, self-organize and secrete their own extracellular matrix, yielding purely cellular, functional tissue constructs without foreign materials.

We have demonstrated its versatility...

507. 3D/4D Bioprinting: Advanced Biofabrication for Clinical Needs

Kaushik Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Science)

15/09/2025, 10:12

invited lecture

The recent emergence of additive manufacturing/ 3D printing offers novel routes to fabricate implants and tissue scaffolds of complex architecture, which are personalized to meet the patient’s needs. In this talk, I will highlight some key ongoing efforts in our group on developing advanced biomaterials and biofabrication strategies to meet clinical needs. These efforts span a variety of...