Biodegradable Porous HEMA-Based Polymers: Innovative Strategies for the Design and Tuneable Single-Step Production of a Novel Class of Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

该项目将导致开发新的生物相容性、生物降解性、多孔材料，非常适合于组织工程中的许多应用。通过使用无毒试剂的简单工艺，这些新的生物材料的制造成本将相对较低。通过选择合适的起始材料，生物材料的关键性能将是可控的。这些新生物材料的出现将促进组织工程学的未来发展，最终将改善关节和骨骼修复以及器官再生等领域的医疗结果。这些生物材料的本地生产也将有助于澳大利亚生物技术产业的发展。

This project will lead to the development of new biocompatible, biodegradable, porous materials ideally suited to many applications in tissue engineering. These new biomaterials will be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, via simple processes using non-toxic reagents. The key properties of the biomaterials will be controllable by appropriate choice of starting materials. The availability of these new biomaterials will facilitate future developments in tissue engineering, which will ultimately lead to improved medical outcomes in areas as diverse as joint and bone repair and organ regeneration. Local manufacture of these biomaterials would also contribute to the development of the Australian biotechnology industry.