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H2020 Project in Regenerative Medicine for the development of complex joint implants (JointPromise)
The Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), located in Patras, Greece, is partner in the recently funded H2020 project JointPromise (844837), with total budget of 8 million Euros, aiming at the development of complex joint implants that will possess the spatially inbuilt biological information for the regeneration of osteochondral defects, a currently unmet clinical need. To this end, skeletal organoids will be used as building blocks. Furthermore, the project will standardize the entire process, involving automated robotic, bioprinting and bioreactor technologies, enabling its systematic translation to clinical practice. JointPromise brings together six academic and industrial partners that are active in the fields of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine. More specifically, apart from FORTH/ICE-HT, the project consortium comprises KU Leuven (Belgium) – Coordinator, Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), Maastricht University (Netherlands) and the companies Poietis (France) and StemCellTechnologies (UK).
Principal Investigator for FORTH/ICE-HT is Dr. M. Klapa. The teams of Dr. I. Papantoniou (project co-ordinator), Dr. V. Burganos, and Prof. N. Moschonas are also participating in the project. This research activity has already been recognized by the Greek press.
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