• E-mail.jinahjang@postech.ac.kr
• Website.http://www.btmpostech.com
• Degree.Ph.D. POSTECH (2015)
• Lab.Biofabrication & Translational Medicine Laboratory

For chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, degenerative diseases, and diabetes, huge costs are being invested in the development of treatments, but they are still not achieving great results. In some cases, tissues or organs are damaged and sick patients die while waiting for a transplant. Numerous products are developed and produced in laboratories, but research on replacing organs equivalent to human parts still has a long way to go.The Bioprocessing Technology Lab, led by Professor Jang Jin-ah of the Department of Creative IT Convergence Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, is conducting research to create functional tissues that can replace human tissues or organs. It is developing innovative medical technology that overcomes intractable diseases by incorporating a 3D printer that prints cells or biomaterials, which are the latest bio-processing technologies, into various fields such as tissue engineering, stem cell engineering, and information and communication (IT) technology.The lab is taking steps one by one in line with the ultimate goal of developing artificial organs that replace human organs. One of them is to complement organ functions and make biomaterials to be used for treatment. The lab developed a stem cell bio-ink heart patch that treats myocardial infarction and cardiovascular, and published it in the international academic journal'Science Advance' last year. For heart disease, stem cells were injected, and more stem cells could be attached directly to the painful area in the form of a patch.