Faculty of Engineering students investigate the role of stem cells in regenerative medicine
Faculty of Engineering students investigate the role of stem cells in regenerative medicine
Faculty of Engineering students investigate the role of stem cells in regenerative medicine
María del Mar Vivanco, CIC Biogune researcher, helps the students of the Master’s degree in Biomedical Technologies to explore the advances in the regeneration of cells, tissues, and organs.
The subject “Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine” of the Master’s Degree in Biomedical Technologies, taught at the Higher Polytechnic School of Mondragon Unibertsitatea, allows its students to conduct research in the field of Regenerative Medicine. María del Mar Vivanco, CIC Biogune researcher and professor of the subject, describes regenerative medicine as a field that aspires to regenerate the function of cells, tissues and organs that have stopped working well. Due to the aging of society, the number of neurodegenerative diseases has increased considerably in recent years, making this area the main focus of action of regenerative medicine. Thus, it is intended to delay as much as possible the appearance of the different types of degeneration that affect the organism.
María del Mar Vivanco presents in the subject “Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine”, a subject in which students can learn the role of stem cells as as the core of regenerative medicine, as well as learning how to cultivate and modify them in order to differentiate them in different types of tissues.
An educator with extensive experience
María del Mar Vivanco has extensive experience in stem cell research and its application in the field of medicine. Since 2005, she has led a CIC Biogune team specialising in mammary stem cell research and its role in cancer prevention, and previously led her own laboratory at the Institute of Cancer Research, in London. She is currently on the board of EMBL Alumni and the committee of the European Network for Breast Development and Cancer, as well as having directed six doctoral theses.