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Dietmar W. Hutmacher speaks about his journey of co-founding Osteopore

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In this video, watch as Dr. Dietmar W. Hutmacher, Professor and Chair in Regenerative Medicine of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), speaks about his journey of co-founding Osteopore and how its technology will creative impact in the Orthopaedic market. 0:06 – Tell Us About Your Background And Your Role In Osteopore (OSX.AX) 0:27 – What Inspired You …

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CTET researchers awarded grant through the Kids’ Cancer Project

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CTET CI Dr Jacqui McGovern has been awarded a grant worth $299,171 over three years from the Kids’ Cancer Project. Her work will involve developing an osteosarcoma precision oncology workflow. Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumour affecting children and adolescents. Importantly, clinical outcomes have not improved for decades, and bone tumours remain a …

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QUT research partnership in first Max Planck Center in Australia

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CTET CI Distinguished Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher has been named as co-director of the newly formed Max Planck Queensland Center for the Materials Science of Extracellular Matrices (MPQC). Hosted by Germany’s Max Planck Society and QUT, the Max Planck Queensland Center for the Materials Science of Extracellular Matrices will explore extracellular matrices and their importance …

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Dietmar W Hutmacher named in Australia’s top 40 lifetime research achievers

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CTET CI Distinguished Professor Dietmar W Hutmacher has been named one of Australia’s top 40 lifetime achievers in research, chosen for the consistent excellence of their work and the impact they had in their fields. Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher is an internationally acknowledged biomedical engineer, scholar, educator, inventor, and entrepreneur. He directs an interdisciplinary team …

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CTET CIs publish on role the microenvironment plays in shaping tumor growth and subsequent bone metastasis

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CTET CIs Dr Jacqui McGovern, Prof. Gail Risbridger and Distinguished Prof. Dietmar W. Hutmacher have published a paper this week in Nature Communications Biology. In the work investigating the role the microenvironment plays in shaping tumor growth and subsequent bone metastasis, researchers used bioluminescent imaging, histology, and immunohistochemistry to study metastasis of human PC-3 and …

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CTET Deputy Director, Dr Laura Bray ARC 2021 Future Fellow

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Minister for Education and Youth, Hon Alan Tudge announced funding for the ARC Future Fellowship projects, which focus on areas of national priority. A biologist and bioengineer Dr Laura Bray, from the QUT School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, received $934,478 to help improve our understanding of blood vessels. Dr Bray’s research will examine …

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Anti-androgen therapy can fuel spread of bone tumours in advanced prostate cancer

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Anti-androgen therapy is commonly used to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer at stages where the disease has spread to the bones. However, new research reveals that anti-androgen treatment can actually facilitate prostate cancer cells to adapt and grow in the bone tumour microenvironment model, which has been developed by QUT biomedical scientists led by Dr Nathalie Bock. Dr. …

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3D printers that can see and learn to advance manufacture of precision body implants

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A 3D printer with “eyes and brains” is being developed to print implants for regenerative medicine to repair damaged and/or lost body tissue. The addition of machine vision and artificial intelligence to fine tune medical 3D printers This will enable custom made tissue implants to suit the individual patient AI and machine learning would contribute …

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