Award
National Institutes of Health 5R01DE033597-02
Tissue-immunoengineering of TMJ neodisc implants
Recipient
University of California-Irvine
Award Amount
$626,735.00
Ceiling
$626,735.00
Awarded
June 11, 2026
Identifier
5R01DE033597-02
Award for developing tissue-immunoengineering methods to repair TMJ discs, enhancing healing with macrophage coculture, funded by NIH.
Description
The project focuses on developing tissue-immunoengineering approaches for TMJ disc repair. It involves coculturing TMJ neodisc constructs with macrophages to enhance healing, aiming to improve healing outcomes for large TMJ disc perforations.