Lawrence Bonassar's guest appearances

Lawrence Bonassar

Finding Genius Podcast

FutureTech Podcast

Naveed Akbar

Marc Guell

Laura Potterat

Jan Vijg

Paul Turner

Eleftherios Mylonakis

Cory Kidd

Charles C.J

Helius Medical Technologies

Patrick McKeown

Michael G. Surette

Katelyn Parsons

John Tucker

Jake Kushner

Erik Gunther

OwlTail

Many of the tissues in the human body perform important mechanical functions, which allow us to move, perform complex tasks, and navigate our environment. Articular cartilage, meniscus cartilage, and intervertebral disk tissues are just a few examples, and in Dr. Lawrence Bonassar’s lab at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, he and his team are engineering these tissues in the lab, designing them to fit the anatomical needs of individual recipients, and implanting them in non-human large animals in the lab. Dr. Bonassar discusses the ins and outs of the science and technology behind this type of tissue engineering, how the size and shape of each implant must precisely fit the recipient in order to ensure functionality and safety, the challenges that the process presents, and the near-term goals of this research and development. To learn more about the work being done by The Bonassar Research Group, check out https://bonassar.research.engineering.cornell.edu/. 

Many of the tissues in the human body perform important mechanical functions, which allow us to move, perform complex tasks, and navigate our environment. Articular cartilage, meniscus cartilage, and intervertebral disk tissues are just a few examples, and in Dr. Lawrence Bonassar’s lab at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, he and his team are engineering these tissues in the lab, designing them to fit the anatomical needs of individual recipients, and implanting them in non-human large animals in the lab. Dr. Bonassar discusses the ins and outs of the science and technology behind this type of tissue engineering, how the size and shape of each implant must precisely fit the recipient in order to ensure functionality and safety, the challenges that the process presents, and the near-term goals of this research and development. To learn more about the work being done by The Bonassar Research Group, check out <a href="https://bonassar.research.engineering.cornell.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bonassar.research.engineering.cornell.edu/</a>.

From the Lab to the Clinic: Engineered Complex Tissues—Dr. Lawrence Bonassar—The Bonassar Research Group

To put it mildly, Dr. Lawrence Bonassar is an expert on tissue engineering; prior to working as a professor at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, he served as a faculty member of the Center For Tissue Engineering at UMass Medical School and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in orthopedic research at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for Biomedical Engineering at MIT. He’s also on the editorial board of the journal Tissue Engineering, and head of The Bonassar Research Group.    His work is focused on bringing engineered tissues to the clinic as a way of treating tissue degradation that occurs with aging and disease. The tissues he and his team are engineering are responsible for providing mobility and mechanical functions in the body and include articular, meniscus, and intervertebral disk cartilage. He explains the complexity of intervertebral disks, which are composed of a combination of different types of cartilage and an end plate, and the challenges present in creating them in the lab and ensuring that they will fit any individual patient. The engineering of these tissues is aided by imaging technology that allows Dr. Bonassar and his team determine the correct length, width, depth, and overall shape of an implant based on a patient’s existing anatomy.   Dr. Bonassar discusses the science and technique underlying the development, implantation, and effect and function of these tissues once in the body, as well as the results they’ve seen in studies using these implants in Beagles with intervertebral disk disease. Tune in to hear all the details and learn about the future direction of this research.    Learn more by visiting https://bonassar.research.engineering.cornell.edu/.

To put it mildly, Dr. Lawrence Bonassar is an expert on tissue engineering; prior to working as a professor at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, he served as a faculty member of the Center For Tissue Engineering at UMass Medical School and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in orthopedic research at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for Biomedical Engineering at MIT. He’s also on the editorial board of the journal Tissue Engineering, and head of The Bonassar Research Group.  His work is focused on bringing engineered tissues to the clinic as a way of treating tissue degradation that occurs with aging and disease. The tissues he and his team are engineering are responsible for providing mobility and mechanical functions in the body and include articular, meniscus, and intervertebral disk cartilage. He explains the complexity of intervertebral disks, which are composed of a combination of different types of cartilage and an end plate, and the challenges present in creating them in the lab and ensuring that they will fit any individual patient. The engineering of these tissues is aided by imaging technology that allows Dr. Bonassar and his team determine the correct length, width, depth, and overall shape of an implant based on a patient’s existing anatomy. Dr. Bonassar discusses the science and technique underlying the development, implantation, and effect and function of these tissues once in the body, as well as the results they’ve seen in studies using these implants in Beagles with intervertebral disk disease. Tune in to hear all the details and learn about the future direction of this research.  Learn more by visiting <a href="https://bonassar.research.engineering.cornell.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bonassar.research.engineering.cornell.edu/</a>.

Engineering Complex Tissues in the Lab for Implantation in the Body—Dr. Lawrence Bonassar—The Bonassar Research Group