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Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and Regeneration: A Plead for Further Knowledge Convergence
Carlijn V C Bouten1,2, Caroline Cheng3,4, Ijsbrand M Vermue3
1Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Tissue Engineering. Part A
|April 6, 2022
Summary
Cardiovascular tissue engineering needs better integration across research areas like myocardial regeneration and vascular grafts. Combining knowledge can accelerate effective treatments for heart repair and disease.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
- Multidisciplinary research involving surgery, cardiology, bioengineering, material science, and cell biology.
Background:
- Growing need for long-term solutions in myocardial repair, vascular grafts, heart valves, and microcirculation regeneration.
- Two decades of interdisciplinary collaboration have improved understanding and led to novel regenerative approaches.
- Field fragmentation risks technology reinvention and approach repetition across specialized areas.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the evolution of research and regenerative approaches in cardiovascular tissue engineering.
- To discuss the integration of knowledge and technologies across different topical areas.
- To provide a perspective on advancing cardiovascular tissue engineering and regenerative medicine through enhanced integration and collaboration.
Main Methods:
- Review of research evolution in myocardial regeneration, heart valve and vascular tissue engineering, and microcirculation regeneration.
- Analysis of previous and potential future integration of individual areas and technologies.
- Discussion on research organization, knowledge implementation, and valorization for clinical impact.
Main Results:
- Cardiovascular research is organized around focal areas, potentially leading to duplicated efforts.
- Integration of knowledge and technologies across these areas can accelerate effective treatments.
- Enhanced collaboration is crucial for improved scientific and clinical impact in the field.
Conclusions:
- A more holistic, overarching research approach is needed to overcome fragmentation in cardiovascular tissue engineering.
- Cross-area integration of knowledge and technologies is key to preventing reinvention and improving treatment efficacy.
- Enhanced collaboration and integration will advance cardiovascular regenerative medicine and its clinical applications.
