muscle, and even nerve conduits. As a result of the medical and market potential, there is significant academic and corporate interest in this technology. In the 1980s, R&D in tissue engineering ...

We are interested in exploiting the hydrogel environment to study mechanotransduction pathways as well as developing novel scaffolds combined with mechanical conditioning for tissue engineering. In ...

Advances in tissue engineering have demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and growth factors (GFs) enhance the regeneration of rotator cuff tendon-to-bone insertion in animal models ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus university Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht university, Utrecht, The Netherlands Objective To assess whether ...

Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering: The Role of Immune Cells in Vascular Graft Regeneration (NHLBI, R01HL151196-01). II. Stem Cell and Skeletal Muscle Aging and Metabolism (NIA, 1R01 AG068250-1, R56 ...

This paper reclaims the term “mechanotherapy” and presents the current scientific knowledge underpinning how load may be used therapeutically to stimulate tissue repair and remodelling in tendon, ...