| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C01328X/1 |
| Title: |
Manufacture of Bio-Functional Components by Freeform Fabrication |
| Principal Investigator: |
Derby, Professor B |
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Materials |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
15 April 2005 |
Ends: |
14 August 2007 |
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529,819
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Tissue engineering is a new discipline at the interface of engineering and the life sciences that aims to design and grow medical implants specific to a patient's needs; e.g. new skin for burn victims, replacement cartlidge for arthritic patients or those suffereing from injury, spinal implants for osteoporosis sufferers. A major obstacle to this technology is the ability to manufacture engineering structures (scaffolds) that act as a temporary home for the cells used to generate the new tissues. In this proposal we will use novel 3-dimensional manufacturing tools to overcome these barriers to progress in tissue engineering. These techniques include ink-jet printing, 3-D photopatterning (stereolithography) and a stylus with sub-micron resolution. To achieve these aims we will need to develop new materials and methodologies working with our collabiorators in Loughborough University.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |