Department Of Biomaterials And Tissue Engineering
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Introduction
The department carries out research to develop materials for hard and soft tissue reconstruction, but also with a need to understand the processes involved with cellular interaction with the materials surface. We also have a very broad range of analytical techniques and expertise at our disposal.
We collaborate with a wide range of other academic and commercial groups both within UCL, nationally and also internationally, including Germany, Australia, Finland, Switzerland, Brazil and South Korea.
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Success In Application
The research we have carried out in the past has allowed us to gain significant insight into the structure-property relationships as well as surface properties and how they control cellular interactions, in both degradable (organic and inorganic) and also non-degradable systems (e.g. titanium). This work has led to a number of commercial developments within the EU.
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Future Possibilities
Our current work includes but is not limited to the utilisation of imaging methods to understand materials such as collagen and also cell function. This work will allow us to gain greater control of the surfaces and thus promote more rapid healing in the biological environment.
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Recent Papers
- R.A. Pérez, J-E Won, J.C. Knowles, H-W Kim (2012) Naturally and synthetic smart composite biomaterials for tissue regeneration Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
- M.R. Khan, N. Donos,V. Salih,P.M. Brett (2012) The enhanced modulation of key bone matrix components by modified Titanium implant surfaces Bone 50(1), 1-8
- E.A. Abou Neel, V. Salih, P.A. Revell, A.M. Young. (2012) Viscoelastic and Biological Performance of low-modulus, reactive calcium phosphate-filled degradable, polymeric bone adhesives Acta Biomaterialia 8(1), 313-320
- P. Nooeaid,V. Salih,J.P. Beier and A.R. Boccaccini (2012) Osteochondral tissue engineering: scaffolds, stem cells and applications J Cell Mol Med
- L.Bozec, M. Odlyha, (2011) Thermal Denaturation Studies of Collagen by Microthermal Analysis and Atomic Force Microscopy Biophys J 101(1), 228-236
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Staff and Contact
Department Head: Professor Jonathan Knowles
UCL Eastman Dental Institute
256 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8LD
Tel. +44 (0)20 3456 1189
Fax. +44 (0)20 3456 1227
Email. j.knowles@ucl.ac.uk
Department of BTE academic staff
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