Setton’s research focuses on the role of mechanical factors in the degeneration and repair of soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system, including the intervertebral disc, articular cartilage and meniscus. In the lab, her work focuses on engineering and evaluating novel materials for tissue regeneration and drug delivery to treat musculoskeletal disease.
Lori Setton
Department Chair, Lucy & Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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- Phone: 314-935-8612
- Email: setton@wustl.edu
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Setton receives 2022 BMES Christopher Jacobs Award
Lori Setton at the McKelvey School of Engineering was recognized by the Biomedical Engineering Society for excellence in leadership and service to the cell and molecular bioengineering community.
Interdisciplinary team researches potential treatments for intervertebral disc disease
The Setton lab leads an interdisciplinary team researching potential treatments for intervertebral disc disease.
Back to the beginning
As scientists try to find therapy options to fight back and neck pain, considerable interest exists in harnessing stem cells to restore nucleus pulposus, the chief material in discs. Previous research shows human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can express markers for a wide variety of cells, including those that secrete NP. A collaborative team of scientists at Washington University has developed a new process to generate NP-like cells from hiPSCs.
Better than a pill
With a new $1.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health, a team from Washington University in St. Louis plans to develop a silk-based system to better alleviate the pain and discomfort of osteoarthritis.
Setton named Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Lori Setton, a renowned researcher into the role of the degeneration and repair of the body’s soft tissues, has been named the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.