WFIRM in the News
International and national news organizations frequently report on the work of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Below are examples of the latest coverage.
T.Rowe Price.com
Printing a Medical Revolution
May 2012
Huffington Post
Beyond the Battlefield: Afghanistan's Wounded Struggle with Genital Injuries
March 2012
BBC News
Will we ever grow replacement hands?
March 2012
Discover Magazine
Will we ever grow organs/
Feb. 2012
Medical News Today
Researchers Discover Protein that May Represent New Target for Treating Type 1 Diabetes
Jan 2012
Geekwire
Most important technology of 2011? The geeks weigh in
Jan. 2012
Huffington Post
Best of TED 2011
Dec. 2012
Time
The Top 10 of Everything of 2011
Dec. 2011
PBS Newshour
Spare Parts for Humans: Tissue Engineers Aim for Lab-Grown Limbs, Lungs and More
Dec. 2011
Science Daily
Gene Therapy Shows Promise as Hemophilia Treatment
Nov. 2011
Reuters TV
Need a new liver? Get one printed
Sept. 2011
AARP Magazine
Amazing Discoveries that Will Change Your Life
August 2011
New Scientist
Artificial anal sphincter could limit bowel incontinence
August 2011
USA Today
Biologists grow replacement sphincters in mice
August 2011
Ivanhoe Broadcast
Healthy Living
July 2011
Scientific American
Too Hard for Science?
July 2011
The Washington Post
3-D printers may someday allow labs to create replacement human organs
May 2011
National Geographic
The Big Idea
Feb. 2011
WFIRM's work, with colleagues in Mexico, to grow and implant the world's first laboratory-grown urethras, was published in the UK Lancet on March 7, 2011 and picked up by more than 700 media outlets, including Reuters,CNN,ABC News,BBC News and Australia'sDaily Telegraph.
Newsweek.com
"The Race to Grow New Organs"
December 2010
Discovery Channel
The Dean of Invention
"Re-Gen Revolution"
December 2010
CBS Evening News
Miniature Human Livers Grown in Lab
October 2010
National Public Radio
Dr. Anthony Atala was a guest on"On Point with Tom Ashbook" to discuss advances in regenerative medicine.
April 2010
NBC NewsChannel
Bioprinting Skin on Burns
May 2010
CNN International
"Body from Scratch"
March 2010
TEDMed Conference
Anthony Atala, Institute Director
Fall 2009
60 Minutes
Growing Body Parts
December 2009
Our Director in U.S. News & World Report
July 2009
Our ResearchFeatured on Oprah
June 2009