The research group CTS-115: Tissue Engineering develops its activity in an emerging area of medicine and biotechnology such as, among others, the construction of artificial tissues for the treatment of different diseases.

Linked to the Histology Department of the University of Granada, the Virgen de las Nieves and San Cecilio University Hospitals of Granada and the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre of Granada, the Group was set up more than fifteen years ago with the aim of promoting the construction of artificial tissues and their use in therapy and industry.

The research group has designed and manufactured different models of human tissues, some of which have been transferred to the clinic, and holds more than 10 patents related to tissue engineering.

The current focus of the group is in the areas of organ and tissue construction by tissue engineering and other areas such as:

• Cell quality control: Cell viability.
• Tissue banks and cryopreservation.
• Human and experimental embryology.
• Biopolymers, biomaterials and adhesion.
• Cell technologies for application to human health.
• Innovative therapies.Biotechnology, nanomedicine and bioengineering.
• Transfer of clinical research results to clinical practice.Drug research, cell therapy and clinical trials.
• Cell therapy researchBiodegradation and biomimetics

The group's lines of research are as follows:

- Development of new biomaterials for tissue engineering.

- Optimisation of methods for the isolation, culture, differentiation and transdifferentiation of adult human cells.

- Identification of cell viability and cytotoxicity patterns: design of methods applicable to diagnosis and advanced therapies.

- Identification of patterns of mineralisation of biological structures and their application to diagnostics.

- Laboratory fabrication and quality control of human artificial tissues for clinical use

- Clinical trials of advanced therapy products

- Development and design of protocols for cryopreservation of cells and tissues.

- Development of new histological, histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis and quality control techniques for artificial tissues.

- Education and training in tissue engineering.