Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine
The UK Centre for Tissue Engineering. This dual location centre is a collaboration between the Department of Clinical Engineering at the University of Liverpool and the Schools of Biological Sciences and Medicine at the University of Manchester. A £10 million award from the UK National Research Council funds the centre. The centres' remit includes clinical research programmes in Skin/Wound Healing, and Vascular/Blood Vessel Replacement, as well as research into tissue engineering platform technologies and gene transfer.
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 is funded by the NW Development Agency and the Medical research Council. The Centre has GMP IVF laboratories to for 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 Centre for Cell Matrix Research in Manchester. Researchers here aim to elucidate the structure and function of extra cellular matrices and cell-matrix adhesion, to define the relationship between extra cellular matrices, cell-matrix interactions and disease.
The Blond McIndoe Nerve Regeneration Group recently
relocated to Manchester. It is anticipated that this group
will integrate with the UKCTE, this group carries out research that
focuses on the development of an artificial nerve made from a
biodegradable synthetic polymer.
UK Centre for Tissue
Regeneration (UKCTR) at Manchester University is translating
basic discoveries to clinical and commercial benefit in GMP Clean
Laboratories. The centre will develop and manufacture 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 Connective
Tissue Research Group at Lancaster University. The group
specialises in characterising proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycans
in tissues such as cartilage, cornea and brain.
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.
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.
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 od
world-class principal investigators. The Centre is responsible for
a high number of world-class publications from its principal
investigators each year.
EpiStem Ltd
in Manchester 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.
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 Ltd in Manchester is developing innovative and efficacious approaches to prevent scarring and enhance tissue repair, from discovery phase to clinically proven commercial products.
