Did you know that...
... Göteborg is home of Per-Ingvar Brånemark´s discovery of titanium´s ability to integrate with bone tissue, which spawned very dynamic applied research activities, primarily in the load-bearing capacity of implants.
... Göteborg and Stockholm have more than 30 percent of the world's stem cell lines, the majority of which is found in Göteborg.

World-leading biomaterials industry
Implants for hard tissue applications (dental):
AstraTech, Brånemark Integration, Nobel Biocare

Implants for hard tissue (orthopaedic, ENT):
Artimplant, AstraTech, Cochlear, Integrum

Wound care and implants for soft tissue applications:
Abigo, Appeartex, Arterion, Biopolymer Products of Sweden, Cochlear, Mölnlycke Health Care, SCA

Diagnostics and monitoring of implants:
Osstell

Other:
Arcam, Promimic, Q-Sense, Samba Sensors, Anatomica,

Cell therapy and active molecules to augment clinical performance:
Cellartis, Cell Matrix, OraSolv

Elaborated system for capturing entrepreneurial talent
Vehicles such as Sahlgrenska Science Park, Göteborg International Bioscience Business School - GIBBS, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship and Chalmers Innovation facilitate innovation.

Biomaterials research community with an international track-record
Tomas Albrektsson, Hans Elwing, Per Flodin, Bengt Kasemo, Jan Lindhe, Peter Thomsen, Ann Wennerberg

Two great universities
• Sahlgrenska Academy 3,100 undergraduate students, 1,000 postgraduates. Part of University of Gothenburg with 51,000 students.
• Chalmers University of Technology 10,600 students

Institute for Biomaterials and Cell Therapy, IBCT
A collaboration partner that gathers industry, health care and academia in development projects within the field of biomaterials.

National excellence centres
Göteborg holds two national centres of excellence in biomaterials:
• BIOMATCELL — VINN Excellence Centre in Biomaterials and Cell Therapy
• SuMo Biomaterials — VINN Excellence centre in Supramolecular biomaterials, structure dynamics and properties

Read more:

• IBCT, Institute for Biomaterials and Cell Therapy
• Current IBCT projects
• Interview with Per-Ingvar Brånemark - Pioneer in osseointegration
• Interview with Rickard Brånemark - Taking osseointegration one step further
• Arcam - From space technology to implants in humans
• Arterion - Training bacteria to create artificial blood vessels