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A European Union 6th Framework funded project with €2.5 million funding over 3 years |
The Project
Osteocord has four primary objectives:
| 1. | Characterise umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (CB-MSCs) by genomic, proteomic, bioimpedance and immunological profiling, relative to their 'nearest neighbour' stem cell (bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, BM-MSCs) and pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ES cells).
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| 2. | Determine the expansion and scale-up potential of CB-MSCs.
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| 3. | Determine potential applications of CB-MSCs in orthopaedic tissue engineering.
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| 4. | Determine the ethical and social impact of the proposed work.
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Osteocord's work is divided into four overlapping phases incorporating seven Work Packages each of which is led by a different Consortium Partner.
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