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3 unusual facts about regenerative medicine


Regenerative medicine

In June 2008, at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Professor Paolo Macchiarini and his team, of the University of Barcelona, performed the first tissue engineered trachea (wind pipe) transplantation.

In 2012, Professor Paolo Macchiarini and his team improved upon the 2008 implant by transplanting a laboratory-made trachea seeded with the patient's own cells.

From 1995 to 1998 Michael D. West, PhD, organized and managed the research between Geron Corporation and its academic collaborators James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and John Gearhart of Johns Hopkins University that led to the first isolation of human embryonic stem and human embryonic germ cells.


Tengion

(OTC Pink:TNGN), is an American development-stage regenerative medicine company founded in 2003 with financing from J&J Development Corporation, HealthCap and Oak Investment Partners, which is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


see also

ACELL

ACell Incorporated, a Maryland-based biotechnology company specializing in regenerative medicine

Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

The Institute comprises 11 Departments: Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Genomic Medicine Institute, Immunology, Molecular Cardiology, Molecular Genetics (including the Section of Virology), Neurosciences, Pathobiology, Quantitative Health Sciences, and Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.

Gerald Schatten

He is Professor and Vice-Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also Director of the Division of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine at the university's School of Medicine.

McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine

The McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine was established at University Health Network in Toronto in 2003, with a donation from Rob and Cheryl McEwen, which they matched in 2006 with a second donation.

Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine

The Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine was officially opened by the Princess Royal on 28 May 2012.

Trounson

Alan O. Trounson, Australian biologist, pioneer of in vitro fertilisation; Emeritus Professor, Monash University and President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine