📩 Our latest newsletter is out! Catch up on the latest STRONG-UR news, upcoming events, and recent activities in regenerative medicine and 3D bioprinting. 👀 Discover: ➡️ Project updates ➡️ Upcoming events ➡️ And more! 🔗 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We are advancing regenerative medicine by moving 3D bioprinting for urethral strictures from lab to clinic—studying tissue biology, validating biogels/bioprinting, and addressing regulatory requirements. 🩺💡 #RegenerativeMedicine #Bioprinting

Yesterday I was presenting at @pintofsciencenl.bsky.social explaining urethral strictures and the approach of @strong-ur.bsky.social Thank you for inviting me @isabellemartinier.bsky.social

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Hantavirus Response Official Is a Right-Wing Penile Implant Expert — Rolling Stone

Urologist Dr. Brian Christine is delivering news on the hantavirus cruise, but his medical expertise is pretty below the belt

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Next Tuesday I’ll be speaking at Pint of Science Utrecht pintofscience.nl/event/grow-y...

Grow your body back? From axolotls to human tissues

Join us for an evening full with regenerative medicine - the first drink is included in the price!

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Here we go! #education #bachelor #medschool

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there, you look fahhhhbulous darhhling.

Happy Europe day to those celebrating 🥳 We will be in the library in Utrecht to pitch @strong-ur.bsky.social and other bioprinting projects with Utrecht members 🇪🇺

Great talk by @isabellemartinier.bsky.social at TERMIS26

Although urethral stricture mainly affects men, our impact goes further. The project advances male urethral reconstruction while enabling future female and tubular organ applications, aligned with Horizon Europe’s gender equality and inclusive research goals. 🔗 www.strong-ur.eu/about-us/the...

4/4 abstracts accepted, @eutermis.bsky.social here we come!

✨Bring on the good fortune✨ This #PhallusThursday we celebrate with this tuff stele from Pompeii that depicts a large phallus inside a temple. If you ever wondered if the Romans attributed divine power to the phallus, wonder no more! #AncientRome

Want to know more about urethral diseases and how biofabrication may generate solutions for patients? Check out post below!

STRONG-UR@strong-ur.bsky.social · 9mo ago

💡 Discover our reportage on our technology, which describes our innovative solution to create a dedicated bioink combining living urethral tissue from a patient’s own cells and a special hydrogel to treat urethral strictures. 👁️ Learn more in our interactive article ⤵️ www.strong-ur.eu/bioprinting-...

Fresh paper! www.jpedsurg.org/article/S002...

Androgen Receptor Localization in Human Oral Mucosa: Implications for Hypospadias Surgery

Hypospadias is a congenital defect of the urethra that often requires surgical correction. Oral mucosa (OM) is commonly used as a graft material in adult and pediatric urethroplasties (revised as sugg...

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It was a true pleasure to host this meeting.

STRONG-UR@strong-ur.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🤝 Partners reunited in Utrecht, on 27–28 October for the Consortium Meeting. 🔎 They shared 6-month progress updates across all Work Packages and joined interactive workshops featuring poster pitches and engaging panel discussions. Learn more about the project here ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afem...

Talk about an in-flight meal. For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn

Sigh. We're gonna need a bigger story...

Proud to host the @strong-ur.bsky.social consortium in our institute, stay tuned for more cool pictures

Targeting ECM-producing cells with CAR-T therapy alleviates fibrosis in chronic kidney disease

Targeting ECM-producing cells with CAR-T therapy alleviates fibrosis in chronic kidney disease

Zhao et al. identify PDGFRβ as a common surface antigen for the major ECM-producing cells including fibroblasts, pericytes, and myofibroblasts in the kidney. They further demonstrate that PDGFRβ CAR-T cells significantly alleviate fibrosis-associated pathologies in multiple CKD models, evoking an integrated therapeutic strategy for CKD and its cardiovascular complications.

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Great paper from our institute, congrats @riclevato.bsky.social and team #biofabrication #3Dprinting #regenerativemedicine

Riccardo Levato@riclevato.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Time to 3D (bio)print with GRACE! @natureportfolio.nature.com Excited to share a new #3dprinting approach, to automatically create designs and prints that conform to living cells, particles or any object embedded within a printable resin for light based printing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔎 Urethral strictures can vary significantly in severity, and understanding this, is key to improving diagnosis and treatment. Read all about it in the @uroweb.org ’s Urethral Strictures Guidelines classifying strictures 👉 uroweb.org/guidelines/u... #Urology #MedicalResearch #EUscience

EAU Guidelines on Urethral Strictures - Uroweb

The EAU Urethral Strictures Guidelines aim to provide an overview of the aspects relating to urethral strictures.

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Fresh paper! Thanks to @erneurogen.bsky.social for funding the meeting and ofcourse all the co-authors. www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Lessons Learned from Tissue Engineering in Urethral Reconstruction and Pelvic Organ Prolapse | Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews

Urogenital diseases, such as hypospadias, incontinence, urethral obstruction, and pelvic organ prolapse, are common conditions that often require treatments at specialized health care providers. All t...

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Last week we celebrated 10 years Regenerative Medicine Utrecht, so proud to be part of this community! | Petra De Graaf

Last week we celebrated 10 years Regenerative Medicine Utrecht, so proud to be part of this community! I enthusiastically joined in organization of the symposium, inviting old and new friends for le...

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Fresh publication, check out our news and views article in Nature Biomedical Engineering First manuscript (of many I hope) with @isabellemartinier.bsky.social #biofabrication #diseasemodeling #peniledisease #urology rdcu.be/erlM6

Biomimetic model to study penile dysfunctions

Nature Biomedical Engineering - A multi-layered penis model can be 3D printed with a complex vessel architecture for the study of penile physiology and for restoring erectile functions in vivo.

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Happy Cucumber Day 🥒🎉 Cucumbers (and other things 😉) come in all shapes and sizes. Big ones, small ones, straight ones, curved ones. Because just like cucumbers, condoms also come in all shapes and sizes. #safesexysummer #cucumber #condoms #cukes #pickles #STIprevention

This review is from @isabellemartinier.bsky.social, @fm-fernandes.bsky.social and Léa Trichet: 'Biomimetic tubular materials: from native tissues to a unifying view of new vascular, tracheal, gastrointestinal, oesophageal, and urinary grafts' pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Biomimetic tubular materials: from native tissues to a unifying view of new vascular, tracheal, gastrointestinal, oesophageal, and urinary grafts

Repairing tubular tissues—the trachea, the esophagus, urinary and gastrointestinal tracts, and the circulatory system—from trauma or severe pathologies that require resection, calls for new, more effe...

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Check out the RMU Symposium in Tivoli Vredenburg on June 30th! Registration is open for all those interested in Regenerative Medicine We celebrate our 10 year anniversary with key note lectures, workshops, posters, and more! Get a sneak peak of our program below. www.uu.nl/en/research/...

RMU Symposium

Regenerative Medicine Utrecht 10-Year Anniversary Symposium

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🚨 Join the upcoming @erneurogen.bsky.social webinar about the latest evidence on tissue engineering in the urinary tract. 🗓️ 28 May 🕙 18-19h 📍 Online Our project will be presented as an example of ongoing research in this field! 👉 All info: shorturl.at/M1pCd #TissueEngineering #EUproject

eUROGEN webinar: Tissue engineering as applied to the urinary tract - is it a reality? - STRONG-UR

STRONG-UR will be presented during the webinar “Tissue engineering as applied to the urinary tract – is it a reality?” by Dr. Christopher Chapple. The is organised by the ERN eUROGEN. The term ‘tissue...

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Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study reveals. Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD

Don’t forget penis cancer! Have your sons vaccinated too #GetVaccinated

American Sexual Health Association@ashasexualhealth.bsky.social · last yr.

Why is the HPV vaccine recommended for adolescents? The HPV vaccine can help prevent many types of cancer including cervical, anal, and throat cancers. 💉 🧑‍⚕️ 🎗️ #NationalAdolescentHealthMonth #HealthyYouthNAHM #HPV #HPVcancer #HPVvaccine #GetVaccinated #StopCervicalCancer #CervicalCancer