Stimulation of muscle hypertrophy: exercising tissue engineered human skeletal muscle. KU Leuven
Creation of 3D skeletal muscle was originally described with chicken cells by prof. H. Vandenburgh . Prof. L. Thorrez co-developed this technology for human muscle and applications included ex vivo gene therapy and drug screening. These bio-artificial muscles (BAMs) are composed of aligned myofibers with dimensions of 2 cm long and 1 mm thick. Prof. L. Thorrez established the Tissue Engineering Lab at KULeuven Kulak where technologies and ...