Tissue engineering combines cells, bioactive components, and/or biomaterials with the primary goal of regenerating diseased or damaged tissues. A secondary area of this diverse field includes generating in vitro tissue models of diseases toward development and screening of new therapeutic interventions. From a tissue repair perspective, tissue engineering at Rensselaer focuses on cartilage/bone repair and brain and spinal cord regeneration while musculoskeletal and neurodegenerative diseases are the focus from a disease model perspective.
Participating faculty
Elizabeth Blaber, David Corr, Mariah S. Hahn, Andrés Muñoz-Rojas, Edmund Palermo, Christopher Puleo, Deanna M. Thompson, Deepak Vashishth, Qun (Leo) Wan
