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  • Artificial Human Spare Parts.Friday 17.-Saturday 18.09.2004. View the program.
  • BIOTEC 2004, Helsinki, Wanha Satama, 22.9 - 23.9.2004
  • Abstracts from the project teams are well represnted at the Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials - FGM 2004 conference in Leuven, 11-15.7.2004.
  • The 2nd Annual Meeting of The National Biomaterial And Tissue Engineering Graduate School, Rauhalahti, Kuopio, 9th -10th June 2004. View the program.
  • New Joints Grown in Arthritic Fingers and Toes.
  • 5th Annual Seminar of the Center of Excellence on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland. June 1st, 2004
  • 3rd ScanBalt Forum – The Competence Region, Turku Finland, August 25th -27th 2004 in cooperation with BioCity Symposium.
  • Dr. Länsman has been chosen to be the recipient of a grant for the ISOPT Symposium.
  • Postgraduate Course. Biomaterials and Craniofacial surgery. Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004.
  • 1. Tampereen Kudosteknologia Symposium. Hermia, Tampere, 12.2. 2004.
  • BCI Bioabsorbable Concepts Ltd. has developed several years drug-releasing implants for surgical applications.
  • In Nov. 2003 its name was changed to Bioretec Ltd. As an SME, Bioretec continues biomaterials R & D to transfer the technology from research to manufacturing and marketing. New generation of multifunctional biomaterials will be marketed in future by Bioretec.
  • Check out Use of Surface Sensor Pulse Oximeter in Follow-Up of Free Flaps.
  • CDQ Solutions Ltd. developed a new web-based EU conference software prototype that has been successfuly used to conduct the last two meetings of the steering committee of the "Spare Parts" EU project.
  • Seminar on Artificial Human Reserve Parts. Invalidisäätiö, Helsinki, Finland, September 17- 18, 2004. Abstract book: organised by Y Konttinen & N Ashammakhi.
  • Commercialization of cartilage tissue engineering by
  • New TEKES project (Biowaffle): to develop an innovative osteoconductive biomaterial. The project has commenced on May 1st, 2003 and it is coordinated by Åbo Akatemi, Turku, Finland.
  • SWOT Prime Time: Center for Regenerative Medicine Generates Human Spare Parts.
  • The field of stem cells in Finland. Experts' view in 2003. TEKES
  • Seminar of stem cells, Technopolis, www.bioforumoulu.org
  • 4th Annual Seminar of the Center of Excellence on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland. June 3, 2003


  • 1st February 2003: the web-site of the Excellence Group of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering launched.
  • e-book "Topics in Tissue Engineering", click the image to view the book.
  • " Biocranio" was regarded as a success story by the European Commission. Presented at the Conference for Launching the 6th Framework programme. 11-13 Nov. 2002, Brussels.

  • BioneXt Tampere Programme 2003-2010.

  • Establishment of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Graduate School in Finland.
  • 3rd Annual Seminar of Center of Exellence: Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Research Group. June
    12, 2002, Kuopio, Finland.
  • Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Finland. (Press conference). May 15th, 2002.
  • e-book "Chondral and Osseous Tissue Engineering"

  • First milestone.
  • Establishment of Finnsih Tissue Engineering Society.
  • Establishment of the SME TETEC: A Tissue Engineering Technology start up to take the science from the bench to the customers for better future of patient care.
  • April 4-5th, 2001: The first symposium at Ruka, Finland.
  • February 19th, 2001: Press release at Ramada Hotel, Helsinki, Finland.
  • February 1st, 2001: Project started.