Name: CTIBiotech: Lab-grown human skin for cosmetics testing
Uploaded: 2025-12-01T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 11 min 27 s
Description: Nico Forraz, CEO of CTIBiotech, discusses the company’s computer-connected, lab-grown, human bioprinted skin technology. He says it is the “first of its kind” and features a functional sensory nervous system resembling human skin. The innovation’s primary purpose is to reduce reliance on animal testing while enhancing the accuracy and speed of cosmetics and fragrance testing processes.

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CTIBiotech: Lab-grown human skin for cosmetics testing

01 Dec 2025 | CTIBiotech

Nico Forraz, CEO of CTIBiotech, discusses the company’s computer-connected, lab-grown, human bioprinted skin technology. He says it is the “first of its kind” and features a functional sensory nervous system resembling human skin. The innovation’s primary purpose is to reduce reliance on animal testing while enhancing the accuracy and speed of cosmetics and fragrance testing processes.

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