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Targeting Cartilage Regeneration in joint and intervertebral disc diseases (TargetCaRe)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Mobility, important for well-being, is seriously impaired by chronic low back pain and osteoarthritis in many people due to degeneration of cartilaginous tissue of the intervertebral disc and joint. To develop a treatment for these diseases this ETN aims to combine expertise in novel highly advanced drug delivery carriers with dedicated targeting tools, state of the art imaging techniques and expe ...
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Rapid Prototyping of Custom-Made Bone-Forming Tissue Engineering Constructs (RAPIDOS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

"In cranio-maxillofacial surgery, large blow-out orbital floor fractures have still mitigated outcomes and improved scaffold solutions are needed. The reconstruction of large bone defects in proximal femur or proximal tibia in orthopaedic surgery is also an enormous challenge due to the requirements for both complex shape and partial load bearing ability. This is the goal of this European and Chin ...
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Rational Bioactive Materials Design for Tissue Regeneration (BIODESIGN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The development of functional materials for tissue regeneration is today mostly based on perceived and limited design criteria often using a single point approach with lengthy animal trials. The outcome after in-vitro and in-vivo evaluation is often disappointing resulting in a tedious iteration process. The main objective of this project is to achieve radical innovations in state-of-the-art bioma ...
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Biofilm Alliance (BALI)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Infections by biofilm-forming microorganisms on indwelling medical devices such as catheters, prosthetic joints and internal fracture fixation devices pose a serious health threat. Overall, approximately 3% of all patients receiving such devices develop biofilm infections, with costs adding up to billions of Euro’s.Current strategies to combat biofilms are based on conventional antibiotics. They o ...
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BIOCERAMICS FOR BONE REPAIR (BIOBONE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

"There is a general consensus that ceramic based materials should play a very important role in the development of new therapies to treat and substitute damaged or diseased bone. Due to their resistance to wear and corrosion, bioinert technical ceramics are the ideal candidates to replace metallic alloys in a new generation of small, durable and safe orthopaedic implants. On the other hand, osteoc ...
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Biomimetic nano-fiber-based nucleus pulposus regeneration for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (NPMimetic)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

"The intervertebral discs form the elastic part of the spine. It is composed of the annulus fibrosus, a tough outer layer of fibrocartilage, surrounding an elastic gelatinous core, the nucleus pulposus (NP). With age, the water content of the NP decreases, thus, the mechanical loads concentrate on the annulus. This leads to the NP wear, and cracking with a subsequent inflammation reaction and a pr ...
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Gene Activated Matrices for Bone and Cartilage Regeneration in Arthritis (GAMBA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

This consortium develops a novel gene-activated matrix platform for bone and cartilage repair with a focus on osteoarthritis-related tissue damage. The S&T objectives of this project are complemented with an innovative program of public outreach, actively linking patients and society to the evolvement of this project. The GAMBA platform is going to implement a concept of spatiotemporal control of ...
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