Our Story

Our story begins at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF) Germany, where the seeds for the TissueGUARD research initiative were planted. Through a PhD project with the objective to grow corneal cell sheets, the need for a novel biomaterial platform was identified. During this project, all known and established technologies considerably damaged the sensitive artificially produced tissues. Therefore, TissueGUARD team members developed a biocompatible, selectively degradable cell culture platform, which is able to overcome these obstacles – the basis for our innovative technology.