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In earlier studies, Love recently completed a research leave at the Dental Polymers Group of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), where he worked on photopolymers used in dentistry. Goldstein has performed post-doctoral work at Rice University's Tissue Engineering Laboratories, and has six years of cell culture and tissue engineering experience with bone marrow stromal osteoprogenitor cells at Virginia Tech. Skrtic has studied ACP precipitation, purification, and incorporation into remineralizing resins for the past 12 years. Shires' primary research interests are bone defects, osteoarthritis, and surgical repair. He has the facilities to evaluate host tissue responses to the tissue-engineered materials.

As the interdisciplinary research team better understands how bone-making cells respond to ACP, their next challenge will be to assess these re-growth characteristics in vivo.

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Contact: Lynn Nystrom
tansy@vt.edu
540-231-4371
Virginia Tech
9-Jan-2006