Engineering biomaterials that actively promote blood vessel growth

该项目旨在提高对生物材料对血管生长的影响的理解，并利用天然聚合物丝和明胶开发新的仿生材料。它期望在生物材料，基质生物学和先进材料加工方面产生新的知识。预期成果包括生物材料驱动的血管生长、多孔材料制造和蛋白聚糖介导的生长因子信号传导方面的新知识和技术进步，以及跨学科、国际合作和研究培训。这将为澳大利亚的学术产出和声誉带来重大利益，并通过新材料和加工技术为生物医学、兽医、化妆品和食品行业带来长期利益。

This project aims to improve understanding of the effect of biomaterials on vascular growth & to develop new biomimetic materials using natural polymers silk & gelatin. It expects to generate new knowledge in biomaterials, matrix biology & advanced material processing. Expected outcomes include new knowledge & technological advances in biomaterial-driven vascular growth, porous material manufacture, & proteoglycan-mediated growth factor signalling, as well as cross-disciplinary, international collaboration & research training. This should provide significant benefit to Australia’s scholarly output & reputation & long term benefits to biomedical, veterinary, cosmetic, & food industries through new materials & processing technologies.