Research
Major and unmet needs in healthcare represent significant and growing opportunities for the engineering community, as Government and the research councils place an increasing emphasis on translating Britain's world-class biomedical research into clear benefits to the society.
The work of the CBE aims to realise the potential of regenerative medicine, cell technologies and plasma medicine to improve human health.
Within the pharmaceutical and healthcare functions there is an immediate worldwide need for the development of replacement human tissue via the regenerative medicine approach and the application of stem cells. Reliable production of proteins and cells in sufficient quantities also becomes critical in order to unlock the potential value of the recently sequenced human genome.
Equally, considerable opportunities are emerging to electrically manipulate the growth and death of cells and tissues as a new gateway through which to combat hospital infection and to stimulate tissue growth. These offer a new dimension to biological engineering, and are central to the CBE's research activity.
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Current projects »
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