Oliver Cervelló, Lluís (Date of defense: 2022-11-03)
(English) Mimicking bone extracellular matrix (ECM) is essential to improve cell-material interactions. In this regard, the functionalization of materials with biomolecules derived from the bone ECM is ...
Raymond, Yago (Date of defense: 2021-09-13)
Bone grafting is a common medical practice in today’s society, being bone the second most transplanted tissue worldwide after blood. Therefore, it represents a field of major interest for both, biomedical ...
Bonany Mariñosa, Mar (Date of defense: 2022-03-04)
(English) Substantial research efforts in the field of tissue engineering have been done in the recent years to overcome the bone regeneration limitations of the human body and to treat bone-related ...
Mateu Sanz, Miguel (Date of defense: 2022-06-13)
(English) This thesis is framed in the ERC Starting Grant Project “Atmospheric Pressure plAsma meets biomaterials for bone Cancer HEaling (APACHE)”. The APACHE Project aims at evaluating plasma technology ...
Mazo Barbara, Laura del (Date of defense: 2024-03-12)
(English) Bone is the second most frequent tissue transplantation right after blood transfusion. Although it has natural self-healing abilities, bone grafts are required in critical size defects to ...
Solé Martí, Xavier (Date of defense: 2023-07-13)
(English) This PhD thesis is framed in the European Research Council starting grant project "Atmospheric Pressure plasma meets biomaterials far bone Cancer HEaling (APACHE)". The APACHE project is focused ...
Johansson, Linh Ha Huong Lovisa (Date of defense: 2024-05-06)
(English) Bone defects pose a major clinical and socio-economic burden and there is a clear need for new bone grafting strategies that take into account the physical-chemical properties of the native ...
Konka, Joanna Magdalena (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
(English) Over 2 million bone grafting procedures are performed each year. In the last years, synthetic calcium phosphates have drawn the attention of the researchers for their close similarity to the ...