Professor Dietmar W Hutmacher, Director of the ARC Centre in Additive Biomanufacturing at the Queensland University of Technology, discusses how scaffold-guided tissue engineering can...
Mike Lehmicke, Director of Science and Industry Affairs at the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, discusses the alliance’s key focus areas, as well as topics such as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Biomedical materials have advanced dramatically over the last 50 years and continue to evolve today. The goal at the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Advanced Biomedical Materials is to train an interdisciplinary cohort of students to compete in this global field.
Dr Warren L Grayson outlines the work taking place at his lab at the Johns Hopkins’ Translational Tissue Engineering Center in regenerating musculoskeletal tissues, from treating skeletal muscle loss to 3D-printing bioactive scaffolds with precise anatomic geometries
The Innovation Platform spoke with the President of the United Kingdom Society for Biomaterials (UKSB), Dr Paul Roach, about the continuing role of the...
Innovation News Network's digital editor, Caitlin Magee, explores the role of food waste in the development of biomaterials.
1.3 billion tonnes of food waste enters...
An innovative research team, based at the University of Manchester, have successfully created a biodegradable glue from synthetic spider silk.
In a recent paper published...
Modern ceramic dental implants, when correctly positioned and handled, represent a highly innovative addition to the treatment spectrum in dental implantology.
In the past, ceramic...
Dr Jochen Salber, Head of the Department of Experimental Surgery at University Medical Centre Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, discusses the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance.
At a...
Dr Markus Rimann, head of Tissue Engineering for Drug Development (TEDD) at the University of Zurich, speaks to The Innovation Platform about the symbiotic...
Next generation extracellular matrix biomaterials promote healing – Is human tissue regeneration within reach?
Unlike less-developed species such as the axolotl and zebra fish, the...
Dr Christophe Drouet and Dr David Grossin explain the relevance of calcium phosphate-based materials for bone repair and nanomedicine.
For decades, nature has inspired civilisations...