Bioengineering Expert Partners to Create Human Colon

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Steven Zanganeh, Ph.D., is featured in a Long Island Business News article detailing his collaboration with researchers from the University of California, Irvine to develop a highly realistic artificial human colon. The 3-D-printed model serves as functional and drug-testable, improving preclinical testing for cancer treatments, expanding gastrointestinal disease research, and providing an alternative to animal testing.

Zanganeh conceived the idea, and with his team, including New York Tech students, aims to advance colorectal cancer research and support the development of precision therapies, while also laying the groundwork for realistic models of other human organs.

“This is, to our knowledge, the first model of its kind and represents a true leap forward in biomedical innovation,” Zanganeh says. “It also opens doors to create functional tissue for virtually any human organ.”