The Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (iTERM) is a newly founded Institute which represents the excellence of research and the strong endeavor of the CUHK in the emerging field of Tissue Engineering (TE) and Regenerative Medicine (RM). With the existing strengths and support from the Faculties of Medicine and Engineering, we aim to advance the scientific understanding of regenerative processes, translate the knowledge to clinical practice by means of engineering technologies, most importantly to educate and share experiences and results with our next generation of torchbearers.
To capture the attention from the young and accomplished scientists and to facilitate academic interaction with renowned international academics, Prof. Catherine K. KUO, Associate Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the University of Rochester, U.S.A., was invited to deliver a seminar on “Inspiring Tendon Tissue Engineering with Embryonic Development” on Dec 14, 2016.
The seminar was well-attended by the faculty members and students from the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS), the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (ORT), the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), etc. During the seminar, Prof. KUO presented her recent research in developing
embryonically informed tendon tissue engineering and regeneration strategies. In addition, she shared with our members, the findings in evaluating differentiation treatments and potential stem cell sources (e.g. mesenchymal stem cells), and the way to engineer scaffolds for tendon tissue engineering, which is regarded as the remedy for tendon degradation of the aging demographic.
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