Regenerative Medicine & Innovation Technology Intercalated BSc

Course detail Description

The science of regenerative medicine and, in particular, the design of intelligent biomimetic materials that are capable of interacting with their biological environment has been evolving rapidly in the last two decades. As a result, researchers from many fields are coming together to address exciting new challenges for replacing hard and soft tissues and essential organs with materials, scaffolds and medical devices. Regenerative medicine uses a combination of approaches, including biomedical materials science, gene therapy, stem cell transplantation and tissue engineering.

The Innovation Technology section of this course will teach you how to translate ideas into successful businesses. We will cover areas of employment law, accounting and business- plan writing, all of which you will need to set up and fund a medical business or even a dental or clinical practice.

The overall course is designed to develop key research-based skills and in particular prepare students interested in orthopaedics or dentistry with knowledge of this rapidly evolving science and industry.

If you are interested in Orthopaedics or Dentistry, you will find the Intercalated BSc in Regenerative Medicine & Innovation Technology an ideal course. It provides insight into biomaterial/cellular interactions through two required taught modules and a challenging research project. It provides an opportunity to become familiar with up-to-date peer-reviewed literature through course and project work, and to develop research techniques in this exciting field.

You will also have the chance to present your project work within the Department and possibly at conferences. Working side-by-side with PhD and postdoctoral students is an important experience and many of our students are able to contribute in some way towards research publications.

Teaching

We will teach you through a combination of lectures and seminars, although some modules will also involve labwork.

Module

Lectures

Seminars & tutorials

Practical/lab work

Private study

Other

Applied Biomaterials

60 hours

60 hours

-

100 hours

80 hours

Materials Science for Healthcare

60 hours

40 hours

-

50 hours

-

Innovation Technology

25 hours

30 hours

-

95 hours

-

Research Project in Regenerative Medicine

-

10 hours

144 hours

150 hours

-

Long Research Project in Regenerative Medicine

-

10 hours

240 hours

200 hours

-

Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

As this program is very research-focussed, students are encouraged to undertake the Long Research Project and select a small 15 CU option. Every year, we propose a new list of exciting projects which integrate into the world-class research of the Tissue Engineering and Biophotonics groups at King's.

Examples of past projects: 2015 – 2016

• Biology of Biofilm
• Utilising polarised Macrophages to modulate endothelial networks complexity in 2.5D and 3D culture
• Establishing a scalable and modular perfused 3D model of vascular network
• Characterisation of Biofilms and their Effects on Hard Tissue Substrates
• Dentin bonding technologies for adhesive bone cements
• Fatigue properties of available (cyanoacrylate) bone adhesives
• Miniaturised tip force sensing for Cardiac Catheterisation
• Hyperspectral imaging for cancer diagnosis
• Testing and designing clinical instruments for biofilm and bacterial detection
• Quantitative 3D analysis of bone resorption from osteoclasts and analysis of anti-resorptive compounds
• Use of Photo activated disinfection for dermal disinfection therapy
• Design and fabrication of a novel nerve guide system
• Targeted and controlled drug delivery
• Bone tissue engineering: Composite scaffolds
• Controlled delivery of strontium folate as an alternative to strontium ranelate
• Modification of orthopaedic bone cements for vertebroplasty

Assessment

Only Innovation Technology will be assessed entirely through a dissertation. Your other modules will combine assessment methods.

Module

Examinations

Essays/reports/

dissertations

Presentations/

orals/ vivas

Other types of In course assessment

Applied Biomaterials

60%

20%

-

20%

Materials Science for Healthcare

60%

-

20%

20%

Innovation Technology

-

-

100%

-

Research Project in Regenerative Medicine

-

70%

20%

10%

Long Research Project in Regenerative Medicine

-

70%

20%

10%

Location

This course is primarily taught at King’s College London Guy’s Campus on the South Bank of the Thames, putting you at the heart of everything London has to offer in terms of academic resources and also close to its social and entertainment attractions.

Regulating body

King’s College London is regulated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

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Structure

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 120 credits. Required Modules

You are required to take:

• Applied Biomaterials (30 credits)

• Materials Science for Healthcare (15 credits)

• Innovation Technology (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take one of the following:

• Research Project in Regenerative Medicine (30 credits)

• Long Research Project in Regenerative Medicine (45 credits)

Optional Modules

Take sufficient credits to bring your total for the year to 120, from a range of optional modules which may typically include:

• Biology of Ageing (15 credits)

• Oral Biology (30 credits)

• A language module (15 credits)

King's College London reviews our modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore modules offered may therefore change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.