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MERIT - Engineered in vitro models of human cardiac fibrotic tissue for the preclinical assessment of the safety and target efficiency of RNA nanotherapies.
Duration:
02/09/2024 - 01/09/2025
Principal investigator(s):
Project type:
PNRR – Mission 4
Funding body:
MINISTERO
Project identification number:
1673745
PoliTo role:
Sole Contractor
Abstract
MERIT project exploits tissue engineering solutions, based on the application of multiple in vivo-like biophysical and biochemical cues, to establish user-friendly, predictive, scalable and reliable platforms for the in vitro modelling of human cardiac fibrotic tissue, to be exploited as testing platforms for new precision nanotherapeutics.
People involved
- Valeria Chiono (Principal Investigator)
- Elena Marcello (Component of the research team)
- Alice Zoso (Component of the research team)
- Gabriella Balestra (Responsabile Scientifico di Struttura)
Structures
Keywords
ERC sectors
Sustainable Development Goals
Budget
| Total cost: | € 207,000.00 |
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| Total contribution: | € 207,000.00 |
| PoliTo total cost: | € 207,000.00 |
| PoliTo contribution: | € 207,000.00 |