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Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) This is a central clearing house and information center for all programs related to tissue engineering.
Tissue-engineering.net This German site is a fairly deep directory of the work in the field and related areas.
WTEC Study on Tissue Engineering Research A thorough introduction to the field, and good source of additional information.
The Art and Science of Healing An excellent general introductory article by Gary Goettling from Georgia Tech Alumni News concerning tissue engineering.
Advances in the skin trade Author: Gale Morrison. From Mechanical Engineering Magazine Feb., 1999. Bioengineers are growing living artificial tissue to repair the damage from burns and chronic wounds. In addition to a discussion of artificial skin, the article also gives an overview of tissue engineering and describes the stereolithographic scaffold generating technology of Molecular Geodesics, Inc. and the applications the company is pursuing in biofiltration against chemical and biological weapon threats.
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CalGen This company is a California start-up pursuing tissue engineering applications based on their own, specially designed, high resolution stereolithography process and using biodegradable photopolymer gels as scaffolding media. The company was formerly known as ScienceLive.
Carnegie Mellon University The Robotics Institute of the School of Computer Science is pursuing extensive programs in tissue engineering. Their web site also has a background tutorial.
Carnegie Mellon University's Bone Tissue Engineering Initiative Discusses their work and also gives an overview of other RP scaffolding-based work in the field.
Envisiontec GmbH The company makes both photopolymer-based RP systems and a system to build 3D scaffolds called the BioplotterTM . The machine is based on hypodermic dispensing of a curing material into a liquid medium to cause solidification.
University of Liverpool (UK) Tissue engineering of vascular substitutes by the Department of Clinical Engineering to create blood vessels made from vascular cells and extracellular matrix components for use in coronary and peripheral arterial bypass surgery. The work is being done in conjunction with a group headed by Robert Nerem at Georgia Tech in the US.
Therics, Inc. The company is using the MIT-developed three dimensional printing process for tissue engineering applications. The process allows for the selective application of binding chemicals to a substrate in order to link to specific biologically active materials.
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