The indigenous animal tissue engineering scaffold that has recently been approved for skin wound healing in India is called OJAS. Some important points regarding this development are:

• OJAS is a bio-scaffold made from the small intestine submucosa of goats.
• It has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati.
• OJAS has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for use in the treatment of skin wounds.
• It is expected to be particularly useful in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, which are a common complication of diabetes and often lead to amputations.
• OJAS is a native product and is expected to be more cost effective than other tissue engineering scaffolds available in the market.
• This development is a significant contribution to the field of tissue engineering and has the potential to improve the quality of life for many people in India and beyond.