Optimising human vascularisation and liver tissue engineering models to develop functional bio-artificial human liver tissue

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1092922

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This project aims to grow human blood vessels and liver cells derived from human stem cells within a supporting scaffold to generate a “liver in a dish”. Transplantation involves connecting blood vessels in this structure to those of the recipient. This should restore function in mice with human-like liver disease, thereby demonstrating potential of this technology to be developed as an alternative to liver transplantation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $124,761.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Regenerative Medicine (incl. Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

liver regeneration | stem cells | surgery | tissue engineering | vascular biology

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