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Professor Campbell uses stem cell biology to bioengineer new blood vessels for transplantation. Professor Julie Campbell is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow at The University of Queensland. Professor Campbell uses stem cell biology to bioengineer new blood vessels for transplantation. Primarily focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which a healthy blood vessel becomes diseased, Professor Campbell seeks to discover ways to prevent or reverse the process.
As a vascular cell biologist, Professor Campbell focuses on cell plasticity i.e. whether there are alternative cellular sources to create an artery wall. To this end, she has been engaged in the development of an artificial blood vessel grown in the peritoneal cavity of the person into whom it will be grafted. The tissue is derived from stem cells from the person's own bone marrow, and so there is no rejection. This work is now being extended to grow other artificial organs of the urogenital system. Professor Campbell is also involved in designing strategies to target deliver drugs to sites of injury in the artery wall in order to prevent restenosis following angioplasty to remove atherosclerotic lesions.
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