Feasability study: Development of 3-D patient-tailored bone pieces combining scaffold and bone cells for the repair of bone defects - CERACELL

Project summary

One of the major challenges of modern medicine is to improve treatment of serious conditions such as massive bone defects, since if treatments exist, they are not fully satisfactory. The aim of CERACELL is to assess the feasibility of developing customized bone tissue engineered products combining osteoblasts and 3D tailored bioresorbable scaffolds for the reconstruction of bone defects. This tissue engineering approach is expected to accelerate and improve bone regeneration. This innovative project will be possible because of the complementarity of its partners who, in turn, will each benefit from it: Bone Therapeutics will broaden its portfolio of bone products, Image Analysis will develop novel techniques for modelling voids in predicted shapes and SIRRIS will continue to extend its knowledge in ceramic manufacturing process for new purposes in bone engineering.