Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering is tissue cultivation and summarises the artificial production of biological tissue. In this process, cells are cultivated in a directed manner, e.g. to replace or regenerate diseased tissue in patients. Usually, cells are taken from the organism of a donor and multiplied in vitro in the laboratory. Depending on the type of cell, these can be cultivated two-dimensionally as cell lawns or three-dimensionally by means of specific cell scaffolds. In most cases, already differentiated cells from the organism are multiplied in vitro. A new approach is the use of adult or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS).
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Regional experts:
Centre for Soft Nanoscience, WWU Münster
- 3D printing of complex tissues
Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, WWU Münster
- Bioadhesive polysaccharide layers on implants
Max Planck Institute Münster
- Bioactive materials and extracellular matrix engineering
Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, WWU Münster
- Spatiotemporal control of cell-material and cell-cell interactions/processes in natural and synthetic minimal cells using visible light.
Max Planck Institute Münster
- Cell and Tissue Dynamics - Research on the communication of tissue stem cells will provide insights into how tissues remain healthy for life and provide clues to therapeutic options to combat cancer.