Optimizing regenerative manufacturing to solve the organ shortage crisis
Learn More Get InvolvedEvery day, lives are lost due to the critical shortage of available organs for transplantation. Our mission is to change this reality through innovative biofabrication technology.
Patients on the national organ waitlist
People die daily waiting for an organ
Organ donor deaths result in successful transplants
Biofabrication is a revolutionary branch of biotechnology that manufactures living organs and tissues by printing and growing cells. This technology creates personalized organs, slashes wait times, and eliminates rejection.
Removing all cells from an organ, leaving only the natural scaffold that provides structure and vascular pathways.
Seeding the scaffold with a patient's own cells to create a fully functional, personalized organ.
Implanting the biofabricated organ with minimal risk of rejection and no need for immunosuppressants.
Through our collaboration with BioFabUSA and ARMI, we've developed a comprehensive approach to advancing biofabrication technology and education.
Created RxR Solutions, a business model for biofabricating livers, with extensive research into finances, operations, and marketing.
Successfully demonstrated proof-of-concept by decellularizing chicken livers using innovative, cost-effective methods.
Developed and implemented an inspiration-based program to introduce middle school students to biofabrication.
We were inspired to attempt decellularizing livers despite the complexity and resource requirements typically associated with this process. Using diced chicken liver and a detergent solution, we achieved promising results that demonstrate the viability of our approach.
Taking everything we learned and our newfound passion for biofabrication, we created an inspiration-based educational program for middle school students. Our program aims to spark passion early for the field, and is scalable and modular.
Students learn biotech skills like pipetting, aseptic technique, DNA and cell isolation through interactive activities.
We teach business procedures and production through Shark Tank-like activities that challenge students to think creatively.
We've taught over 100 students across multiple schools in Cambridge, Lexington, and Winchester, with plans to expand further.
"The presentation was engaging and very well planned, taking into account the audience age, and the short time of each class.
I heard lots of student collaboration in product planning and marketing and witnessed intense focus in the pipetting competition.
This is so important to communicate to middle schoolers who are deciding what direction they may take in high school.
Based on the caliber of their work I would also love to continue this in future years."
There are two parts of science: first, innovation - from observing stars to experimenting with DNA; and second, equally important, perpetuation: inspiring the next generation of scientists. That's what we've accomplished by combining cutting-edge research with community outreach.
Through our work with BioFabUSA, our liver decellularization project, and our educational programs, we're not just doing science — we're helping shape its future.