Tissue Engineering and Medical, Dental and Veterinary Biomaterial Research Group

University of Helsinki, Tampere University of Technology, Helsinki University of Technology,  University of Kuopio and University of Oulu

Director, Professor Yrjö T. Konttinen
tel. +358 9 1912 5210
fax. +358 9 1912 5218
yrjo.konttinen(at)helsinki.fi

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The Unit is concerned in its research work with the interaction between synthetic biomaterials, surgical implants made of these materials and living tissue. Each year tens of millions of surgical implants are used in Western countries in the treatment of different kinds of injuries and illnesses, either to join tissues together, to separate tissues or to grow new tissue in place of the damaged or destroyed tissue. Research at the Unit is aimed at reaching an indepth understanding of the mechanisms of interaction between the implant and the tissue and in this way to find ways of designing better biomaterials and implants.

The Unit has a personnel of around 70  (researchers, research assistants and other staff).