After 10 years of fundamental and preclinical research lead by Distinguished Professor Dietmar W Hutmacher and his interdisciplinary team, a world first breast implant trial in Australia aims to provide a safer alternative to permanent silicone implants. The interdisciplinary research team from HBI, BellaSeno, QUT, CBCI (and many other partners), developed a ‘scaffold guided tissue engineering …
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 …
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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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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Cancer research isn’t just about cancer. In a paper published this week, CTET CIs from various disciplines investigated a number of factors that influence decision-making in postmastectomy breast reconstruction. They examined level of knowledge of individuals involved, duration of consultation time and perception of patient involvement. Significant differences were found in the perception of patient …
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Chief Investigator, Distinguished Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher has used 3D printing to create a chest implant using 90 per cent of the patient’s own tissue, in order to correct a birth defect called funnel or sunken chest. This condition causes the ribs and sternum to grow inwards. The 3D printed implant was made from porous, …
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