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EU funding (€3,192,736): Skin Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: From skin repair to regeneration Hor 4 Sept 2020 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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Skin Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: From skin repair to regeneration
Transplantation of autologous split-thickness skin -the epidermis with a tiny layer of dermis- remains the golden standard for various skin wounds like burns and large trauma. This treatment, however, comes with a number of serious drawbacks, including pain, mobility-limiting contractures and disfiguring scars. The SkinTERM consortium will address wound healing in a completely different way, recapitulating (certain aspects of) skin embryonic development in adults, and aiming for regeneration rather than repair. Skin organogenesis will be induced by key elements taken from the extracellular matrix of foetal and non-scarring species and by employing (stem) cells from relevant cellular origins. The starting point for the study is the remarkable capability of early foetal skin and skin from the spiny mouse (Acomys) to heal perfectly without scars/ contraction and with appendices such as hair follicles. Novel biomaterials and skin substitutes will be developed and evaluated. In order to effectively embrace this new approach, the PhD students need to have knowledge in key elements of basic science, regenerative medicine and biomaterial sciences. As translation to medical devices and especially advanced therapy medicinal products is currently too limited, we will give the PhD students a solid theoretical and practical foundation on topics like regulatory affairs, GMP and GCP, as well as secondments in industry. Driven by both the enthusiasm to gain basic scientific insights and the need for efficacious and innovative therapies, the students will acquire expertise through cutting edge scientific projects and will be trained by leading experts in all required skills to further develop their scientific findings into real life-science products. The SkinTERM program will thus create a new generation of entrepreneurial, multidisciplinary and inter-sectorially trained scientists with excellent career perspectives in either academia, industry or government.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Cutiss AG | €281,277 |
| Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum Fuer Gesundheit UND Umwelt GmbH | €758,365 |
| Medskin Solutions DR.Suwelack AG | €252,788 |
| Stichting Amsterdam UMC | €265,620 |
| Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum | €531,240 |
| Stichting Radboud Universiteit | €0.00 |
| Universidade do Algarve | €237,720 |
| Universitat Zurich | €562,553 |
| University of Durham | €303,173 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/955722
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