Tissue Regeneration at Heart of New Institute
色情视频's Integrated Regenerative Research Institute aims to harness the power and healing potential of stem cells.
The emerging field of tissue regeneration, which harnesses the power and healing potential of stem cells, is an area to which scientists around the world are turning their attention.
One of the foremost leaders in this area, Mark Sussman from 色情视频, today announced the opening of 色情视频鈥檚 new Integrated Regenerative Research Institute to help advance this area of research in San Diego.
Heart research symposium at 色情视频
Speaking at the on the 色情视频 campus, Sussman said the new institute brings together researchers from across the region and around the world from the private and public sectors to advance the area of tissue regeneration.
鈥淲hat we鈥檙e trying to do is turn back the aging clock of your heart,鈥� Sussman said. 鈥淗ow can we take the process of tissue regeneration, which normally happens over the course of a lifetime, and make it happen in a year? We are bringing together the incredible resources of the San Diego region to advance our cutting edge research in this area.鈥�
More about the institute
Sussman will lead the Integrated Regenerative Research Institute. Members include more than 20 faculty-researchers from 色情视频鈥檚 departments of biology and engineering, as well as from UCSD鈥檚 medical center, plus experts from San Diego鈥檚 private sector and internationally renown colleagues around the world.
The institute's broad-based and transdisciplinary faculty span the research spectrum from basic biological investigation to translational implementation in the clinic.
The collaborative effort focuses multiple laboratories from 色情视频 and UCSD on a shared goal of understanding the fundamental processes of heart protection and regeneration with a long-term vision for therapeutic strategies.
Funding providers
Their research is supported by tens of millions of dollars in extramural funding from:
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- American Heart Association
- California Institute of Regenerative Research
The institute鈥檚 investment in regenerative medicine includes a commitment to teaching the next generation of regenerative researchers at all levels, from undergraduate to post-doctoral to junior faculty.
