We congratulate Professor Macchiarini for achieving another world's first in regenerative medicine--the world's first laryngotracheal transplants.
The research was a collaboration between the MRC's Regenerative Medicine Centre and Cambridge University's Veterinary School.
We plan to establish an International Center of Excellence in regenerative medicine here in Krasnodar.
Chris Mason, a professor of regenerative medicine at University College London, said this looked like "the real deal".
The move will allow Edinburgh-based Angel to produce collagen products in the medical device and regenerative medicine markets.
The implants in the procedures were grown in bioreactors developed by the regenerative medicine device business of Harvard Bioscience.
Marrocco will participate in a anti-rejection regimen study that's being funded by the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
The leader in the group is Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX), which develops and makes medical products and devices for regenerative medicine.
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Moon also roped in his longtime collaborator, Philip Beachy, of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
The move was designed to allow the firm to produce collagen products in the medical device and regenerative medicine markets.
"An interesting challenge with a lot of these technologies and with regenerative medicine is you have to go slow, " said Atala.
Heritage Auctions identified the buyer as Jack Wang, CEO of Biomobie, a regenerative medicine technology company located in Silicon Valley and Shanghai.
He now heads the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University.
Adult stem cells have great potential as cell sources for regenerative medicine.
"Pfizer has put its flag in the ground that there is future in regenerative medicine, " said Corey Goodman, president of the company's biotech unit.
But Macchiarini said making these first artificial organs viable in patients opens doors for future transplants through the relatively new field of regenerative medicine.
Continuous monitoring of the differentiation process of stem cells is of great importance for the development of cell-based regenerative medicine therapies and is extremely novel.
So, while stem cells still hold great promise for regenerative medicine, their use as tools for research and drug testing is having more immediate impact.
And its purity and large surface area make it suitable for medical uses too: from aiding drug delivery to building new tissue for regenerative medicine.
The technology is very similar to the Nikon system I wrote about (sidebar) being installed for the Toronto based Center for the Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine.
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"Bob is one of the movers and shakers in this whole field of regenerative medicine, " says Michael Lysaght, director of Brown University's Center for Biomedical Engineering.
Shire is a pharmaceutical company that develops health care in the areas of behavior health and gastrointestinal conditions, rare diseases and regenerative medicine and other conditions.
"Hannah's transplant has completely changed my thinking about regenerative medicine, " he told the Times, adding that he wants to conduct a clinical trial in the United States.
Earlier this year, regenerative medicine scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reported that they had engineered five urethras between March 2004 and July 2007.
Frank Barry, Professor of Cellular Therapy at the University of Galway and scientific director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute said evidence of the usefulness of stem cells was growing.
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Most of these burgeoning technologies are not yet ready for widespread implantation, and the cost of regenerative medicine at this early juncture is often much higher than conventional procedures.
Dr Keisuke Kaji, a stem cell researcher at the Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Edinburgh said the technique was a "great advance" in cell reprogramming technology.
Scientists like Atala say regenerative medicine represents a new frontier in medicine that could see doctors curing, rather than merely treating, diseases using the body's natural ability to heal itself.
Wednesday's report is "a nice advancement, " said Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, who wasn't involved in the new research.
The long- and short-term initiatives around this partnership is that they can also help Church leaders, politicians and educators to understand this cultural paradigm shift, regenerative medicine, that is arising in medicine.
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