Conveners
S09 Biobanking - indispensable support for the development of regenerative medicine
- Maria Chatzinikolaidou (Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete & IESL-FORTH)
- Anna Chróścicka
- Gilles Van Tienderen (Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam)
"Organs are complex systems, comprised of different tissues, proteins, and cells, which communicate to orchestrate a myriad of functions in our bodies. Technologies are needed to replicate these structures towards the development of new therapies for tissue and organ repair, as well as for in vitro 3D models to better understand the morphogenetic biological processes that drive organogenesis....
"Almost 160 clinical trials of tissue engineered products (TEPs) currently registered in ClinicalTrials.gov databases as well as the continuously growing record for TEPs under clinical investigations starting from the year 2006, can be taken as one of the many measures of success of tissue engineering as an applied science discipline. On the other hand, the number of TEPs on the medical market...
Biobanking refers to the process by which samples of human body fluids, tissues or cells are collected to provide samples for different research purposes. Initially, the term biobank appeared in the scientific literature to describe human population-based biobanks.
Biobank is nowadays recognised as an organized collection of samples and associated data describing donor, stored for future...
Introduction: The surge in clinical need for bone tissue restoration together with limitations of existing treatments calls for the development of alternative strategies. Tissue engineering has been proposed towards the formation of bone graft substitutes capable of driving repair. Previously, we demonstrated the possibility of generating engineered cartilage grafts using a human mesenchymal...
"Introduction: Musculoskeletal ailments caused by cartilage damage are common, and thanks to more modern diagnostic methods, they are more often recognized. Moreover, cartilage diseases progress with age and result from injuries, becoming a dominant problem in orthopedic surgery. The conducted research aims to produce conjugates for cartilage regeneration based on chondrogenic differentiation...
"Introduction: Vascularization is a critical aspect of every tissue engineering (TE) approach, especially in 3D constructs. The formation of a network of capillaries is necessary to ensure adequate delivery of nutrients and oxygen to cells within the constructs, as well as fast anastomosis with the host’s vasculature after implantation. Pre-vascularization of these constructs before...
