Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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“Behind ordinary-looking incubator doors lie some of the most remarkable feats of modern medicine – pulsing blood vessels, beating heart valves and delicate, swollen human bladders.”
Time Magazine, 2007

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:
● Create insulin-producing cells in the laboratory
● Engineer blood vessels for heart bypass surgery
● Apply our technologies to battlefield injuries through a $42.5 million federal grant

Visit Research Projects and Inside the Lab to learn more about how tissues/organs are made.

		Watch a heart valve being engineered in the laboratory.

		Anthony Atala, M.D., institute director, discusses a project to apply regenerative medicine to battlefield injuries.

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