RegenMD - For WFU team, a tissue engineering breakthrough

RegenMD         For WFU team, a tissue engineering breakthrough March 8, 2011 at 1:08 AM   By RICHARD CRAVER A regenerative medicine breakthrough involving urinary tubes in boys has the potential for wide-ranging impact on repairing damage to organs such as the heart. A research team from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine ... See all stories on this topic »         For WFU team, a tissue engineering breakthrough March 8, 2011 at 12:37 AM   "This is an example of how the strategies of tissue engineering can be applied to multiple tissues and organs." Atala said the research shows promise with blood vessels for the heart, such as bypass grafts, as well as ureter tubes that connect the ... See all stories on this topic »         Scientists grow viable urethras from boys' cells March 7, 2011 at 7:46 PM   Urine flow tests and tube diameter measurements show the tissue-engineered urethras are still working after six years, said Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North ... See all stories on this topic »         Regenerative Medicine Foundation to Host Grant Application Workshop at Annual ... March 7, 2011 at 7:46 PM   WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- (Marketwire) -- 03/07/11 -- The Regenerative Medicine Foundation announced today a Grant Application Workshop will be held in conjunction with the 2011 Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum. The Forum is taking place April 6-8 ... See all stories on this topic »         Duke Spinoff Bioptigen Raises $1.5M - cbl March 7, 2011 at 7:35 PM   The systems also can be used in drug development, genetics research, tissue engineering and medical vision, Bioptigen says. The technology came from the laboratories of Professor Joseph Izatt, who now serves as the company's chairman and chief ... See all stories on this topic »         Columbia engineer observes surprising behavior of cells during blood-vessel ... March 7, 2011 at 6:31 PM   In addition, knowledge of how individual cells behave will help in high-precision tissue engineering, an ongoing field of research in Sia's lab. "Knowledge of how individual cells or groups of cells behave enhances our understanding of how native ... See all stories on this topic »         Scientists 'seed' cells, make new organs March 7, 2011 at 6:31 PM   "This is an exciting study showing that tissue engineering can be a viable option for complex urethral repairs," said David A. Vorp, a professor of bioengineering and cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, who was not involved with ... See all stories on this topic »         Now get a 3-D kidney printout to replace damaged kidneys: A regeneration ... March 7, 2011 at 5:16 PM   By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD In what seems like science fiction, Dr. Anthony Atala, a regenerative medicine specialist at Wake Forest University, is pioneering the use of printing techniques to reconstruct and repair human flesh and organs. ... See all stories on this topic »         BoneGrafix Moves Forward with Development of Next Generation Bone Repair Products March 7, 2011 at 3:50 PM   Dr. George Steinfels, Chairman and CEO of BoneGrafix said "We are pleased with the support and recognition by Global Biotech and look forward to their continued support as BoneGrafix achieves a leadership role in regenerative medicine for bone ... See all stories on this topic »         Pfizer coup for Granta Park March 7, 2011 at 11:59 AM   A spokesperson called Business Weekly to explain that there was no point creating a new facility elsewhere in Cambridge when Granta Park had already proved so successful as the base for its regenerative medicine unit. Pfizer told MPs at a meeting of ... See all stories on this topic »         CIRM Directors Moving on New Chairman and New Directions for Stem Cell Agency March 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM         Yissum and Hadasit License Regenerative Polymeric Membrane Implants to RegeneCure March 7, 2011 at 8:37 AM   ... today announced that they have licensed innovative regenerative membrane implant technology to RegeneCure, which will further develop and commercialize the technology for bone tissue engineering for applications in trauma, spine, and reconstructive ... See all stories on this topic »         Artificial nerve grafts made from spider silk March 7, 2011 at 8:37 AM   Now though, surgeons from Germany have made what could be a siginifcant advance in nerve tissue engineering. They have developed artificial nerve grafts made from hollowed-out pig veins filled with spider silk fibres, and show, in animal experiments, ... See all stories on this topic »         This Tiny Stem Cell Biotech Has the Vatican's Backing March 7, 2011 at 7:16 AM   Trafny said the initiative will partner NeoStem's and the Vatican's charitable organizations to expand research and raise awareness toward adult stem cell therapies, and to explore their clinical application in the field of regenerative medicine, ... See all stories on this topic »         New Kidney 'Printed' On TED Stage March 6, 2011 at 11:04 AM   The surgeon, Anthony Atala of the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, "printed" a kidney on Thursday at a TED Conference in the California city of Long Beach. "It's like baking a cake," he said while showing how the technique works. ... See all stories on this topic »         Passage to Panama March 6, 2011 at 8:18 AM             This email was sent to agupta1213+termsc@gmail.com. Delivered by Feed My Inbox PO Box 682532 Franklin, TN 37068 Account Login Unsubscribe Here