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Tissue Engineering

Research from University Hospital has provided new information about tissue engineering

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 23rd, 2007

Investigators publish new data in the report "'UroMaix' scaffolds: novel collagen matrices for application in tissue engineering of the urinary tract. Reconstruction of bladder and ureter tissue is indicated in cases of injury, stenosis, infection or tumor. Substitution by ileum, colon or pure synthetic polymers generates a variety of complications," researchers in Aachen, Germany report.

"Biohybrid tissue mimicking structural and functional attributes of the multilayered wall architecture of the urinary conduit may be the solution to current problems. This study reports on porcine urinary tract cells isolated and placed on UroMaix matrices with different degrees of...

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