Materials for biomedical application

Materials for biomedical application group is composed of active research staff and diverse research projects since materials are forming strong supportive and standalone role in multiple research directions, especially in regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, drug testing and development, and fabrication of new medical devices.

Our research themes

Biomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering

The theme looks at developing the potential of biomaterials for improving models of cardiovascular disease conditions and to examine their translational applications.

Biomaterials for drug delivery

The recent advances in the synthesis and characterisations of novel biomaterials have significantly influenced the traditional approaches in the treatment of diseases and replaced them with the more efficacious therapies.

Biomaterials for musculoskeletal engineering

The musculoskeletal system is a complex interacting network of multiple tissues with highly differing mechanical characteristics, junctions and secretory bodies. Damage to this system occurs frequently as a result of aging, disease aetiology, inherent properties of the cells, substantial loss of tissue (as in the case of limb loss or severe burns) or acute injury.

Biomaterials for neural tissue engineering

Guided neural tissue engineering

Immunomodulatory biomaterials

Biomedical implants and tissue engineering methods are enabling technologies to improve or even restore the function of diseased organs.

Smart fabrication techniques

Here in Keele University, we have developed a facile but effective collector with parallel electrodes for low density aligned nanofiber collection in electrospinning technique.