Engineering Solutions for an Ageing Population with Musculoskeletal & Cardiovascular Disease. 50 more years after 50. (360G-Wellcome-088908_Z_09_A)

£53,333

The   ageing population is increasing in number and life expectancy. The population   expects fifty more years after fifty with high levels of activity and quality   of life. However, the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems age and   degenerate, adversely affecting mobility, ability to work and quality of   life. Advances in engineering and bioscience have created opportunities for   novel devices and regenerative therapies, which utilise innovative   biomaterials or biological scaffolds to guide the patient's own stem cells to   repair degenerative tissues. Advances in patient imaging and diagnostics are   enabling earlier disease diagnosis with opportunities to intervene earlier in   the degenerative process and preserve healthy tissue, and potential to   provide patient specific continuum of care. WELMEC will deliver: - Longer   lasting joint replacements in the hip, knee and spine. - Novel regenerative   biological scaffolds for degenerative joint tissues, dental reconstructions   and cardiovascular surgery. - Advances in cell therapies using the patient's   stem cells. - Advanced medical imaging to facilitate earlier diagnosis and   intervention. - Novel protein biosensors for disease diagnosis and improved   patient targeting. WELMEC will integrate over 200 engineering, physical   science, life science and medical researchers with clinicians and   industrialists to develop and deliver innovative therapies and patient   services for the ageing population.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 53333
Applicant Surname Fisher
Approval Committee Medical Engineering Initative Committee 2009
Award Date 2015-07-20T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2014/15
Grant Programme: Title Programme Grant
Internal ID 088908/Z/09/A
Lead Applicant Prof John Fisher
Partnership Name Medical Engineering Initiative
Partnership Value 80000
Planned Dates: End Date 2019-08-30T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2009-09-30T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Yorkshire and the Humber