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Details for Dr Wael Kafienah
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| Name | Dr Wael Kafienah | ||
| Job title | Senior Lecturer |
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| Department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cellmolmed/research/stem-cells/kafienah.html | ||
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., Ph.D. | ||
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| Membership of professional bodies | Committee Member of the British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) Member of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) |
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| Keywords | embryonic stem cells adult stem cells induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells tissue engineering cartilage repair skeletal regeneration |
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| Areas of expertise | Controlled differentiation of adult and embryonic stem cells to generate new replacement tissues with focus on skeletal tissue regeneration Derivation of stem cell lines for the unlimited supply of therapeutic stem cells Development of biomaterial based, stem cell therapeutic delivery systems |
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| Media experience | Contributed to a few general public editorials |
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