There is an increasing need for replacement tissue and organs as a result of trauma, disease or simply old age. Due to the chronic shortage of available donors, tissue engineering (the cultivation of transplantable human tissue) is becoming a vital avenue of research. However, the complexity of the systems required and high associated cost mean that progress to date has been limited and hence mathematical modelling of the processes involved promises to be of great benefit. There are a number of tissue engineering projects underway in OCIAM.
