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leaD reSearcher
Bellón Caneiro, Juan Manuel
Universidad de Alcalá
Facultad de Medicina
Campus Universitario
Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, km. 33,6 28871 Alcalá de Henares
Madrid
(+34) 91 885 45 40 [email protected] group Website
GROUP MEMBERS
Staff members: González Chamorro, Diana | Martínez-Alcocer Fuerte, Soraya | Pascual González, Ma Gemma Associated members: Buján Varela, María Julia | García Honduvilla, Natalio Contributors: Pérez Köhler, Bárbara
Main lines of research
• Biomaterials for the repair of abdominal wall defects. This research has the purpose of repairing damaged and/or missing tissues mainly located in the abdominal wall. Several types of biomaterials for clinical use have been used in this line as supports, new designs and modifications thereof being developed. Different collagen bioprostheses as well as composites meshes and prosthetic materials with polymeric coatings that can reduce inflammation, accelerate healing process or prevent infection are currently being assayed. Tissue adhesives have recently been introduced in this line of research as a strategy for fixing prosthetic materials for hernia repair.
• Repair of skin defects. One of the alternatives for the repair of skin defects, especially in patients with compromised healing (diabetics, torpid vascular ulcers and pressure ulcers) can be improved through tissue engineering strategies. Essentially work is being conducted with two experimental models: muscle-derived stem cells for repairing excisional skin defects with encouraging results, and the design of polymers for the controlled release of healing modulating drugs.
• Repair and vascular pathology. Research has been conducted within this line in healing/ restenosis, with special interest in the modulation thereof. The problem of arterial substitution by means of biomaterials for clinical use and cryopreserved vessels has also been approached. Finally, tissue engineering techniques are used for the purpose of improving the viability of prosthetic materials through
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PROGRAMMES
Biomaterials & Advanced Therapies