Project

ADIPINJECT: Development for injectable temperature-responsive hydrogels for adipose tissue engineering

Acronym
ADIPINJECT
Code
01D39113
Duration
15 October 2013 → 14 October 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Macromolecular and materials chemistry
Keywords
adipose tissue regeneration biomimetic temperature-responsive hydrogels
 
Project description

Injectable solutions for adipose tissue engineering have recently gained increasing attention among others by lipofilling procedures, breast constructions, wound treatment, ... With the aim to meet an urgenet need in the medical field, the present project aims at developing biomimetic, injectable temperature-responsive hydrogel building blocks suitable for adipose tissue regeneration. Biocompatible hydrogel building will be developed and be combined with autologous adipose-tissue derived stem cells.