STEPS - A Systems Approach to Tissue Engineering Processes and Products-  is an Itegrated Project under the FP6 aiming to successfully implement TE, systematically linking together all aspects of this multi-disciplinary process by applying the logistics of systems engineering, providing a totally new infrastructure.

Specifically, the technological components will include cell sourcing and manipulation, novel biomaterial development, bioreactor design and the integration of TE constructs into the living host.

The programme incorporates a determination of the socio-economic issues related to ethics and health economics and engages itself in developments across four TE tissues: SKIN, CARTILAGE, BONE and VISCERAL.

The 3rd YEAR REPORT has been produced. Please go to the RESERVED AREA to download the Document.

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January 2008 

January 2007

13th-14th November 2008 

6th STEPS Plenary Meeting

Barcellona (Spain)

22nd-26th June 2008

Termis EU Meeting

Porto (Portugal)

EMEA, together with Infarmed and Expertissues, is organising an open Workshop on cell-based medicinal products.

For more information, please consult the EMEA Website (click here http://www.emea.europa.eu/conference.htm) or go to the Infarmed Website (http://www.infarmed.pt/) to download the programme and registation form.

Note that the number of places is limited, so you should best pre-register by end of June (as explained on the Infarmed Website).

Tissue Engineering (TE) is a rapidly emerging collection of technologies aimed at the regeneration of tissues and organs for the treatment of disease and injury. 

TE is based upon scaffold-guided tissue regeneration, and involves the seeding of porous, biodegradable scaffolds with donor cells, the culture of the resulting biohybrid construct in vitro with or without the use of growth factors and finally the implant of the construct into the patient to induce and direct the growth of new healthy tissue.

STEPS address the european research across 4 tissues engineered:

   -      VISCERAL WALLS

   -      BONE

   -     CARTILAGE

   -     SKIN