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A Living
TATT 
By iGEM Munich
The Tattoo that tells you more
Tattoos have been part of human history for more than
5000 years
From the sacred Sak Yant traditions of Southeast Asia to the intricate Tebori masterpieces of Japan, humanity has long used tattoos as a living canvas. These marks told stories of social status, spiritual devotion, and cultural identity. Intriguingly, from the therapeutic symbols etched onto Ötzi the Iceman to the protective patterns found on ancient mummies, tattoos have also held a profound, age-old connection to healing and the body.
c. 3300 BCE
Some of Ötzi's tattoos on a reconstruction of him (Thilo Parg, photo).
Ötzi who has the the world's oldest known tattoos (61 in total) - lines on his wrists and back, circles on his ankles, and a cross on his knee.
c. 3300 BCE
610-550 BCE
Early figurative representation of the Palaeo-Balkan custom of tattooing (Daunian funerary stele, Apulia, 610-550 BCE).
Stone stele showing the ancient Mediterranean tradition of marking the body for ritual purposes.
610-550 BCE
1845
Tāmati Wāka Nene of Ngāti Hao, Hokianga (New Zealand, c. 1845).
Portrait of Māori chief Tāmati Wāka Nene (1780s-1871), showing traditional moko facial tattooing.
1845
1861
Actor Ichikawa Kodanji seated on bedding revealing a tattoo of a skull amid grasses on his left arm (Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861).
Japanese woodblock print.
1861
1903
The gentle art of tattooing. The fashionable craze of today (UK, 1903).
Process print describing the spread of the “tattooing craze” to Britain under Mr. Alfred South of Cockspur Street.
1903
APPLICATIONS
Tracking immune modulation and cancer.
Biomarkers like PAEP and LL-37 play a vital role for immune modulation and certain cancers, with their early detection leading to potential facilitated therapy monitoring.
Detecting of heart muscle damage.
The elevated presence of cardiac Troponin I (cTnI) is an indicator for cardiovascular diseases and cardiac cell damage.
Counteracting anemia in cancer patients.
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone that serves as a critical therapeutic agent for treating anemias, particularly those associated with chronic kidney disease and chemotherapy.
