A mechano-perfusion bioreactor for tissue engineering 

    Fernandes Freitas, Dino Miguel (Date of defense: 2019-11-29)

    Tissue Engineering plays a vital role in tissue construct to repair, maintain or replace tissues. Those tissues can be cultivated in vivo or in vitro using devices such as bioreactors. There are several approaches to ...

    Caracterização mecânica e biológica de scaffolds produzidos por BioCell Printing 

    Domingos, Marco (Date of defense: 2013-10-04)

    This research work proposes a novel automated and integrated system for the production and in vitro culture of scaffolds, called BioCell Printing. The main goal of the present research work, besides the development of the ...

    Design and fabrication of three-dimensional scaffolds for breast cancer stem cell expansion and molecular characterization 

    Rabionet Diaz, Marc (Date of defense: 2021-11-08)

    Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 15-20% of the breast cancers and displays an aggressive profile, poor prognosis, high relapse risk and does not have a targeted therapy. In the last years, breast cancer ...