AQUA+TECH is proud to announce a collaboration with the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The Department of Urology lead by Professor Nasser Simforoosh the most distinguished academic in Iran.

In collaboration with Professor Farzaneh Sharifi Aghdas, cultured myogenic cells, obtained by a biopsy, will be seeded onto polymer substrates. This will ultimately transplanted around the urethra below the vaginal mucosa flap. The research will involve the in vivo evaluation of polymer tolerance in large animals, and, pending success, the transplantation of the seeded polymer construct. The particular clinical objective is to control incontinence in women using a minimally invasive surgical technique, of which many have been pioneered by Prof. Simforoosh and his team. Ultimately an extension of cell transplantation to male incontinence is envisioned.

Pictured in the photo are, in the front left, Professor Sharifi Aghdas and the extreme right, David Hunkeler, with the Shahid Beheshti cell transplantation research team.