We are working to build blood vessels in the laboratory that can replace diseased or damaged vessels. For example, they could be used for bypass surgery. Instead of harvesting a vessel from the patient's body, one could be grown in the lab from his own cells.
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What may seem like science fiction is happening right here at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. We are an international leader in translating scientific discovery into clinical therapies.
Our scientists were the first in the world to successfully implant a laboratory-grown organ into humans and today are working to grow more than 22 different organs and tissues in the laboratory. Read about our other “firsts.”
Our goal is to apply the principles of regenerative medicine to repair or replaced diseased tissues and organs. For example, we’re working to:
Watch how an ordinary ink jet printer is being used in regenerative medicine.
The Regenerative Medicine Foundation has announced the first annual Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum to be held April 6-8, 2010 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. The forum seeks to advance the field of regenerative medicine and health care innovation through the sharing of scientific discoveries, clinical and corporate best practices and business models.
The 18-month, $87 million project will provide a total of 242,000 square feet of space.
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine today announced collaborations with regenerative medicine institutes in Shanghai, China, and Tokyo, Japan. Both agreements have the goal of accelerating the translation of research into therapies that can benefit patients.
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of diseases and conditions than scientists originally thought.
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