By joining the European Network for Regenerative Medicine, the Skeletal Tissue Engineering Group Amsterdam (STEGA) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has formed a Dutch country chapter of REGENERATE to intensify the scientific exchange between the clinical partners being active in the field of musculo-skeletal diseases in the Regenerate network.
The conference topics include:
- Embryonic, pluripotent and adult stem cells
- Skeletal applications of polymers
- Spinal cord repair
- Regeneration and degeneration of intervertebral disc
- Smart scaffolds
- Cellular therapies
- Application of growth factors
- Nanoparticles for visualisation
- Minimal invasive surgical procedures
- Risk profile for modern therapies / decision making
- Regulatory issues and ethical problems
- Clinical evaluation of innovative spinal therapies
- Opportunities for conservative therapies
- Prevalidation and balance of therapeutical approaches
