Lead by Dr Frances Henson, teams from the University of Cambridge and Newcastle aim to develop an alternative material for personalised cartilage repair.

A combination of glass ceramic and polymer materials, and a 3D printing technique known as fused filament fabrication will be used, and the team plans to refine the design and manufacturing process and test the scaffold.

The project team also includes Prof Andrew McCaskie, Dr Mark Birch and Prof Kenneth Dalgarno (Newcastle University), Dr Edward Draper (JRI Orthopaedics) and Dr Malcolm Glendenning (Glass Technology Services). Project management assistance will be provided by Regener8, and funding from Arthritis Research UK and  IKC.