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CTIBIOTECH, together with the French Army, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (the official university of the army) and Institut Pasteur were successful in gaining a rare funded project of the French government - called ASTRID, at @1.2 Million Euros. With this we made highly sophisticated 3D bioprinted human skin with immune cells inside and used this to test (i) the infiltration of dangerous bacteria (S. aureus) into the skin, and to see if the immune system could recognise it and fight it. We then used a cold plasma machine designed at the university of the army to develop its capacity to sterilise the skin. SIGNIFICANCE: patients who are in hospital for a long time can get ulcers or bedsores. We are helping to find solutions to help them. Also when people get burns, we have to find ways to sterilise the burn without touching it. This is an example of translational medical research in action!

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