TIssue engineering presentation

PEDIATRIC CARDIAC defects

!ssue engineering solutions for

presented by Poppy Addison

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CONGENITAL DEFECTS

Current treatment

GOALS of TREATMENT

FUTURE TREATMENTS

1 2 3 4

CONGENITAL DEFECTS

Current treatment

GOALS of TREATMENT

FUTURE TREATMENTS

1% of newborns are affected

ventricular septaL defect

for instance,

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CONGENITAL DEFECTS

Current treatment

GOALS of TREATMENT

FUTURE TREATMENTS

SURGERIES multi-stage high-risk

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CONGENITAL DEFECTS

Current treatment

GOALS of TREATMENT

FUTURE TREATMENTS

1. 2. 3. 4.

GROW INTEGRATE Avoid

Be cheap & FAST

immun4uppression & open-heart surgery

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CONGENITAL DEFECTS

Current treatment

GOALS of TREATMENT

FUTURE TREATMENTS

embryonic stem cells vs INDUCED STEM CELLS vs INDUCED CARDIOMYOCYTES ✓  

SCAFFOLD VS NO SCAFFOLD ✓  

Bioreactor ✓  

5nd 5rther research in

Induced cardiomyocytes scaffold-free methods bioreactors