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Experimental Approaches to Tissue Engineering
Published on: August 30, 2007
Progress in the tissue engineering and stem cell industry "are we there yet?"
Ana Jaklenec1, Andrea Stamp, Elizabeth Deweerd
1Department of Chemical Engineering and the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. jaklenec@mit.edu
Abstract:
This report presents a detailed update to our 2008 publication on the tissue engineering (TE) and stem cell industry. Data are reported through mid 2011 showing an almost three-fold growth in commercial sales over the past 4 years. In addition, the number of companies selling products or offering services has increased over two-fold to 106, and they are generating a remarkable $3.5 billion in sales. Overall, the TE and stem cell sector is spending $3.6 billion and employing almost 14,000 employees. These data suggest the TE and stem cell industry has stabilized and is on a path pointing toward continued success.
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