Development of valve substitutes produced by tissue engineering with minimally invasive implantation

• Grant number: 19/22043-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Bioengineering
• Principal Investigator: Aron Jose Pazin de Andrade
• Grantee: Felipe Almeida Ferrari
• Host Institution: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia (IDPC). Fundação Adib Jatene (FAJ). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/50342-6 - Institutional development plan in research (PDIp), AP.PDIP

Abstract

To verify the behavior of seeded cells on a framework for heart valve tissue engineering, primarily in static culture. Adhesion, proliferation, cell morphology and tissue formation are some of the issues that should be verified throughout the project at different times.