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Research-based Master's degrees are valuable for various professions involving research components that don't necessarily demand a PhD (such as in corporate settings). These programs also provide an opportunity to test the waters of PhD-level study if you're uncertain about committing to a full doctoral program. Notably, a Master's degree can serve as a stepping stone for PhD aspirants whose current academic credentials may not meet doctoral program requirements.
The Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Group focuses on addressing skeletal tissue repair, regeneration, and replacement. Our primary research areas include (but aren't limited to) bone, cartilage, dental structures, and composite tissues. Our investigations span multiple directions: developing and analyzing biomaterials (from conventional dental materials to tissue engineering scaffolds), studying biomaterial-cell interactions through in vitro and in vivo animal studies, evaluating diverse stem cell responses to environmental factors like cytokines and mechanical forces, exploring aging at molecular levels, and developing non-viral gene therapy approaches for osteochondral tissue engineering.