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Michael Sefton is a pioneer in tissue engineering and a leader in biomaterials and biomedical engineering. He was the first to recognize the importance of combining living cells with synthetic polymers to create biological tissue and artificial organs – a field now known as tissue engineering. He is an internationally renowned leader in the development and biological application of new biomaterials. He is the inventor or co-inventor of many new ideas that are described in more than 10 patents, some of which are being commercially utilized for therapeutic purposes.

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Michael Sefton was the first to recognize the importance of combining living cells with synthetic polymers to create biological tissue and artificial organs – a field now known as tissue engineering. He is an internationally known leader in utilization of new materials for biological applications, including several novel uses for therapeutic purposes.