Assessment of the Potential of Human and Rodent Hair Follicle Stem Cells For Cell Therapy and tissue engineering.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/567168

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Hair root as a rapidly self-renewing tissue is an ideal source of cells for tissue engineering. In this study these accessible and multipotential cells are used to generate pancreas and heart tissue. Engineered pancreas and heart tissue is potential source of treatment for diabetes and heart disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $104,985.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified

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Other Keywords

Diabetes | Heart | Stem Cell: Hair follicle stem cell | Tissue Engineering: cardiac

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