ERC Consolidator Grant · 2016
Vascular Tree Formation in Multi-Structural Tissue Engineering
Engineered tissues offer a great promise to the field of medicine as an alternative for donor tissues, for which the supply is not meeting the demands. However, the clinical application of engineered tissues is hampered. The integration of engineered tissues after implantation is limited due to the lack of a vascular network. Currently, strategies to include vascular networks rely on the spontaneous organization of vascular cells, or on the patterning of these cells. However, this results in either vascular networks that are not organized, or networks that lose their initial organization fast. This project will use a unique and novel approach to control vascular development and will…
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