What is it like to live with a regenerative implant? How do you tailor a treatment to the patient’s wants and needs? And how do we make implants accessible to everyone who needs them?
Patient’s own bone has long been used for transplantation, but this method is not optimal. Instead, special grains of artificial bone may be a better option.
The DRIVE-RM consortium has been awarded €37.5 million under the prestigious NWO SUMMIT program. The collaboration focuses on smart materials that assist the body in healing.
Smart innovations like organs-on-a-chip and virtual humans take our science to the next level, while reducing or replacing animal testing. In Utrecht we work on animal-free innovations.