Regenerative Medicine Today #109

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Anand Swaroop, PhD. Dr. Swaroop is Senior Investigator and Chief at the Neurobiology Neurodegeneration Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Swaroop discusses his research in retinal and macular diseases and the progress his lab has made in the field.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #108

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Frank Witte, MD, PhD, Diego Mantovani, PhD, Prashant Kumta, PhD, and Charles Sfeir, MD, PhD. Dr. Witte is the Director of Biomaterial Research at the Laboratory for Biomechnics and Biomaterials, Hannover Medical School in Germany; Dr. Mantovani is the Director at the Laboratoire de biomatériaux et bioingénierie at the L’Université Laval in Canada; Dr. Kumta is the Edward R. Weidlein Chair in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh; and Dr. Sfeir is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. The group discusses their research in biodegradable metals and potential clinical applications.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #107

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes J. Peter Rubin, MD. Dr. Rubin is the Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Rubin discusses his upcoming clinical trials in facial and breast reconstruction.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #106

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes John Curci, MD, FACS. Dr. Curci is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Vascular Surgery Section at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Curci discusses his research on abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #105

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Adam Feinberg, PhD and Rachelle Palchesko, PhD.  Dr. Feinberg is the principal investigator of the Regenerative Biomaterials and Therapeutics Group at Carnegie Mellon University.  Dr. Palchesko is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the group.  Drs. Feinberg and Palchesko discuss the development of basement membranes and the regeneration of corneal endothelium.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #104

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Pratap Khanwilkar, PhD. Dr. Khanwilkar is the Coulter Program Director and Visiting Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, and Executive-In-Residence with the Office of Technology Management at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Utah. Dr. Khanwilkar discusses the Coulter Foundation and the role it plays in the research funding at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #103

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Philip LeDuc, PhD. Dr. LeDuc is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, with courtesy appointments in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Computational Biology. Dr. LeDuc discusses the role mechanical engineering plays in regenerative medicine as well as his project to make vegetables more palatable for malnourished infants and children.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #102

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Robert Nerem, PhD. Dr. Nerem is the Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for Engineering in Medicine and Institute Professor at Georgia Tech. Dr. Nerem discusses advances made in tissue engineering and the direction in which the field is headed.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #101

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Harald Ott, MD. Dr. Ott is at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and his interests are cardiac cell therapy and cardiac tissue engineering. Dr. Ott discusses his research in whole organ engineering, focusing on the heart.

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Regenerative Medicine Today #100

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Laura Niklason, MD, PhD. Dr. Niklason is the vice chair for research anesthesiology as well as a professor of anesthesiology and biomedical engineering at Yale University. Dr. Niklason discusses her research in arterial and lung tissue enginering and in whole organ engineering.

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