Who We Are

The Clinical Tissue Engineering Center is a collaborative partnership between The Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, NASA Glenn Research Center, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Akron General Medical Center, NEOUCOM, and The University of Akron. In addition, CTEC comprises numerous regional, national and international commercial partners. This unique collaboration was founded with a $4 million award under Ohio's Biomedical Research and Commercialization Partnership Program from the Third Frontier Project and was refunded in 2008 with a $5 million grant.

Mission Statement

CTEC's mission is to accelerate the rate at which new tissue engineering discoveries and inventions are generated and translated into new treatments, products, companies and Ohio-based opportunities. CTEC investigators focus on translating tissue engineering strategies into methods, devices, diagnostic tools and therapeutics for the treatment of human disease.

What We Do

CTEC is focused on the translation of basic research and innovation into new therapies and products for the advancement of clinical care. CTEC pairs researchers who are working on new materials and scaffolds, new cell sources, processing methods, new measurement tools and new means of intervention, with innovative clinicians who are inspired by the needs and opportunities for the treatment of diseases of the cartilage, bones, muscles, connective tissue and skin.

This community of clinicians, scientists and strategic commercial partners is uniquely positioned to leverage the extensive resources generated by our partnering institutions and internationally recognized programs in Biomedical Engineering, the Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedic Research Center, and the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.