We foresee a time when cell therapy will replace damaged kidney tissue, or a device will be implanted in the body to take over kidney function. Such therapeutic solutions would boost the limited amount of function left in diseased kidneys.
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The driving mandate of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is to bring new technologies to the clinic safely and rapidly. As a leader in translational research, the institute actively seeks out partnerships with companies in the biotechnology industry. Previous successful alliances with industry have resulted in more than 11 technologies reaching the clinical testing stage, with many others currently in pre-clinical testing. All of the institute’s research programs are structured to address real world medical problems.
Our private, corporate and industrial collaborations have included:
Graca Almeida-Porada, M.D., Ph.D., a professor at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative...
A newly discovered protein may play a critical role in how the body regulates blood sugar levels.
When it comes to manufacturing tissues and organs to cure disease and save lives, regenerative medicine is just like...
Research led by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’sInstitute for Regenerative Medicine has been named one of the top...
For the first time, researchers have combined gene therapy and stem cell transplantation to successfully reverse the...
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