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Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

UK Centre for Tissue Regeneration (UKCTR) at Manchester University is translating basic discoveries to clinical and commercial benefit in GMP Clean Laboratories. The centre develops and manufactures a variety of tissues for potential therapeutic use. Projects include Cartilage, Intervertebral Disc, Material Engineering, Nerves and Vascular Tissue Engineering. Collaboration's between businesses and existing groups is an integral part of the UKCTR's work.

The Healing Foundation Centre for Tissue Regeneration is a pioneering initiative at the University of Manchester to advance the understanding of wound healing and tissue regeneration. The centre opened in September 2007 and seeks to advance the understanding of wound healing and tissue regeneration.

The North West Embryonic Stem Cell Centre (NWESCC) is a joint project between Central Manchester NHS Trust and the University of Manchester, the Patterson Institute for Cancer Research and the University of Liverpool. The Centre has GMP IVF laboratories to tissue banking standards as well as a new laboratory also accredited to GMP, for derivation, culture and storage of hES cells. The NWESCC is closely linked to the new UK Centre for Tissue Regeneration (UKCTR) on an adjacent site.

The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research is an interdisciplinary research centre embedded within the Faculty of Life Sciences at The University of Manchester. The foundation of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research is the team of world-class principal investigators.

Advanced Medical Solutions plc in Cheshire is a technology company supplying the $15 billion global woundcare market with advanced woundcare dressings and tissue adhesives for wound closure.

Epistem in Manchester. Epistem provides a pre-clinical contract research service focused upon epithelial tissues and their stem cells with specific expertise in cancers and cancer therapy side effects. Epistem is also developing oncology therapeutics and biomarkers.

HiMedica Ltd based in Cheshire is a research-based company developing products in the areas of wound care and thin-layer tissue structures.

Intercytex Ltd in Manchester. This regenerative medicine company focuses on developing and commercialising cell-based therapeutic solutions for treatment of tissue and organ failure.

Renovo in Manchester is developing innovative and efficacious approaches to prevent scarring and enhance tissue repair, from discovery phase to clinically proven commercial products.