Kevin Healy, professor of bioengineering and materials science and engineering, leads Berkeleys role in a new craniofacial research center, C-DOCTOR. <\/p>\n
UC Berkeleyis part ofa California-based, six-university consortium that has beenawarded $12 million by the National Institutes of Healthto develop strategies for treating craniofacial defects, which affect millions of Americans. <\/p>\n
The consortium, called the Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR), is a part of a broader $24 million effort to develop resources and strategies for regenerating dental, oral and craniofacial tissues that have been damaged by disease or injury. <\/p>\n
Craniofacial defects have devastating effects on patients, both because vital sensory organs and brain are housed in the cranium and because the face is so important to a persons identity. Such defects also can lead to compromised general health. <\/p>\n
C-DOCTORs goal isto shepherd new therapies through preliminary studies and into human clinical trials. Funding for C-DOCTOR comes from the NIHs National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). <\/p>\n
Kevin Healy, professor in the College of Engineering, leads Berkeleys research efforts inC-DOCTOR. Other C-DOCTOR partners include UC San Francisco, University of Southern California, UC Davis, UCLA and Stanford. C-DOCTOR is seeking to establish industry partnerships, identify important clinical applications and evaluate mature tissue-regeneration technologies. <\/p>\n
The College of Engineering has had a long history in the area of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Healy said. Faculty in the departments of bioengineering and materials science are at the forefront of cutting-edge research that will have a transformative impact on craniofacial tissue engineering. The C-DOCTOR funding provides the facilities and resources to support their activity, providing what is necessary to explore interdisciplinary collaborations to achieve the translational goals of the center. <\/p>\n
For more on how UC Berkeley is working to treat craniofacial disorders, watch the video below about how researchers here have discovered molecules that give hope for treatingTreacher Collins Syndrome. <\/p>\n
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