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Tissue Regeneration
The Tissue Regeneration (TR) research programme develops technologies that restore the function of diseased and damaged organs and tissues like bone, cartilage, blood vessels and pancreas. Several scientific disciplines converge in this research on cell growth and tissue restoration: biologists, chemists, nanotechnologists and engineers all work together at TR. Clear insights into the way clinics treat their patients support the work aimed at developing practically applicable scientific breakthroughs. The research is directed towards speeding up patient recovery.
TR’s innovative methods stimulate the body to generate new tissue by itself, exactly where needed. An example is growing a substantial mass tissue with cells that belong to the patient himself. The strategy is to combine the cells with a biomaterial. First, the tissue will grow on a biodegradable material that is placed in the body. This so-called scaffold gradually ‘melts away’ during the healing process. A clear example of this method is to stimulate the individual's own stem cells to form bone on a ceramic template at the site of a non-healing fracture. |
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Chairs within the strategic research orientation of Tissue Regeneration:
