Hospital collaboration driving translation success in regenerating muscle and cartilage

Collaboration between Australian orthopedic surgeons, muscle specialists and researchers has led to a breakthrough in supporting bioprinted stem cell growth. Methods developed in a collaboration between St Vincent's Hospital, Swinburne University of Technology, RMIT University, University of Melbourne and University of Wollongong (all Australia) could lead surgeons closer to being able to regenerate tissue through bioprinting. Conceived by Lilith Caballero Aguilar, a PhD candidate at Swinburne, the techniques will control the release of growth factors to support the development of stem cells that have been implanted in the body and the growth of the subsequent tissue. The collaboration took place...