From the Development to the Physical and Biological Assessment of a Novel Biodegradable 3D Structure for Spinal Cord Injury Repair

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Event Abstract Back to Event From the Development to the Physical and Biological Assessment of a Novel Biodegradable 3D Structure for Spinal Cord Injury Repair Nuno A. Silva1, 2, 3, Antonio J. Salgado3*, Rui A. Sousa1, 2, João T. Oliveira1, 2, Joana S. Fraga3, Rui Cerqueira3, Hugo Leite-Almeida3, Armando Almeida3, Nuno Sousa3 and Rui L. Reis1, 2 1 University of Minho, 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics,Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Portugal 2 PT Government Associated Lab, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Portugal 3 School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Portugal Spinal cord injury (SCI) represents a significant world health problem. It has been reported that the world annual incidence of SCI varies between 11.5 and 57.8 cases per million. Therefore it is urgent to develop novel strategies that can specifically target this problem. In this context, the objective of the present work was to develop a new range of 3D tubular structures aimed at inducing the regeneration within SCI sites.Up to six different 3D tubular structures were initially developed by rapid prototyping - 3D bioplotting Conference: 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Braga, Portugal, 4 Jun - 6 Jun, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Abstracts Citation: Silva NA, Salgado AJ, Sousa RA, Oliveira JT, Fraga JS, Cerqueira R, Leite-Almeida H, Almeida A, Sousa N and Reis RL (2009). From the Development to the Physical and Biological Assessment of a Novel Biodegradable 3D Structure for Spinal Cord Injury Repair. Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.01.2009.11.108 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 10 Aug 2009; Published Online: 10 Aug 2009. * Correspondence: Antonio J Salgado, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Braga, Portugal, asalgado@med.uminho.pt Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Nuno A Silva Antonio J Salgado Rui A Sousa João T Oliveira Joana S Fraga Rui Cerqueira Hugo Leite-Almeida Armando Almeida Nuno Sousa Rui L Reis Google Nuno A Silva Antonio J Salgado Rui A Sousa João T Oliveira Joana S Fraga Rui Cerqueira Hugo Leite-Almeida Armando Almeida Nuno Sousa Rui L Reis Google Scholar Nuno A Silva Antonio J Salgado Rui A Sousa João T Oliveira Joana S Fraga Rui Cerqueira Hugo Leite-Almeida Armando Almeida Nuno Sousa Rui L Reis PubMed Nuno A Silva Antonio J Salgado Rui A Sousa João T Oliveira Joana S Fraga Rui Cerqueira Hugo Leite-Almeida Armando Almeida Nuno Sousa Rui L Reis Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.