Hosted by the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre the day was focussed on current research, successful application and some of the issues faced in applying regenerative medicine based techniques in a clinical setting.

A number of stimulating talks covered a broad range of clinical applications from vascular graft design to substitution of whole organs such as the kidney. The challenges of identifying the best cell types to use and how to provide those cells with the right architecture in which they could function appropriately were described. Also discussed were aspects of how such solutions could be commercially developed and the day was rounded off with considerations on how to deliver new solutions into the NHS to provide patient benefit.