Mcgowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Kim S. Jones visits Regenerative Medicine Today and gives us an insight into her exciting research in regenerative medicine. Dr. Jones is an Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University. Her research interests center on the interactions between tissue engineering and the host response. Tissue engineering is intended to repair, replace [...]

Dr. Anshu Mathur visits Regenerative Medicine Today and introduces us to her exciting research on regenerative medicine. Dr. Mathur is an Assistant Director for Research at the Laboratory of Reparative Biology and Bioengineering at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Mathur’s research objective focuses on elucidating the cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in tissue [...]

George Christ, PhD visits Regenerative Medicine Today and shares his vision on regenerative medicine. Dr. Christ is a professor at Wake Forest University and the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Christ's research interests are in the area of functional genomics, that is, establishing a verifiable link between changes in gene expression [...]

Alejandro Nieponice, MD, PhD visits regenerative medicine today and discusses his studies related to tissue engineering and translational medicine. Dr. Alejandro Nieponice is currently a Research Assistant Professor of the department of surgery at University of Pittsburgh and faculty of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He is also a surgical associate and [...]

Dr. Milica Radisic visits Regenerative Medicine Today and discusses her studies related to functional tissue engineering. Dr. Radisic is an Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto. In the podcast, Dr. Radisic discusses the research in the Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering [...]

Dr. David Baer visits Regenerative Medicine Today and discusses the programs of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research.  Dr. Baer is the Director of the Research Office at the Institute of Surgical Research in San Antonio, Texas. In the podcast, Dr. Baer discusses: Mission of the Army includes operational medicine; aka sports [...]

Dr. Michael Sacks visits Regenerative Medicine Today and discusses his work on the characterization of cardiac tissue and the various alternatives-now and in the future-for the repair of heart valves. Dr. Sacks is the director of the Engineered Tissue Mechanics and Mechanobiology Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh where the research focuses on [...]

Dr. Bruno Peault visits Regenerative Medicine Today and discusses the status of his emerging results on the identification, characterization and application of adult stem cells for therapeutic applications. Dr. Bruno Peault and his colleague, Dr. Johnny Huard, provide the leadership for the Stem Cell Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh/Children’s Hospital of [...]

Dr. Rory Cooper visits Regenerative Medicine Today and shares highlights of his exciting studies on rehabilitation. Dr. Cooper is the Chair and Distinguished University Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh.  He also is a Veterans Affairs Career Scientist and Director, Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), VA Center of Excellence [...]

In Podcast 30, we meet Ajit Yoganathan, PhD, Regents' Professor, Associate Chair for Research, and the Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Yoganathan and his colleagues are focusing on the development artificial heart valves and the use of novel instrumentation such as Doppler ultrasound [...]

Dr. Stephen Badylak revisits Regenerative Medicine Today to share updates on his exciting studies on tissue engineering.  In February 2006, in Podcast #3 described his use of tissue engineering materials that helps heal skin wounds, torn tendons, injured rotator cuffs, hiatal hernias, and other soft tissue. In that podcast, Dr. Badylak recounted how he [...]

In Podcast 28, we meet Thomas R. Harris, MD, PhD, the Orrin Henry Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Medicine at Vanderbilt University.  Dr. Harris also serves as chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Harris is a Fellow and past president of the American [...]

In Podcast 27, we meet Dr. Michael Chancellor who is a Professor of Urology at the University of Pittsburgh as well as a practicing OBGYN. Within the School of Medicine, he is also the Director of Neurourology and Urinary Incontinence Programs. In addition, Dr. Chancellor is the Director of the Mentored Clinical Scientist [...]

Many of our listeners are familiar with intravascular stents, a commonly used tool to help treat coronary artery disease. The stents used today are metallic, and some of the stents are coated to reduce the post-implant complications of this “foreign” device being inserted in the body. In today's podcast, Dr. Robert Eberhart discusses [...]

Most of us view inflammation in our bodies as something to avoid at all cost.  Severe inflammatory situations such as sepsis, also known as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), is a serious medical condition caused by the body’s response to an infection. Sepsis can lead to organ failure, gangrene, and even death. Clearly [...]

As Regenerative Medicine Today celebrates its first anniversary, we welcome back our first guest from December 2005: Dr. Alan Russell, director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. As a pioneer of and expert in regenerative medicine, Dr. Russell is well qualified to comment on the status and future of this fascinating and [...]

According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 300,00 people in the United States with kidney failure visit a clinic three or four days a week for four to six hours of dialysis. Imagine if these patients could have their blood cleansed of impurities while they slept in their own beds. In this [...]

How do you turn a rust belt city into a world leader in biotechnology? Doros Platika, MD, has some ideas. Until December 1, 2006, Dr. Platika served as the president and chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, a public/private partnership that invests in and supports the growth of life sciences [...]

Organ transplantation is a magnificent display both of medicine and the human spirit: The achievements of people who have received new hearts and other organs are truly amazing. Many of those triumphs are showcased in the U.S. Transplant Games, a biennial, Olympic-style athletic contest organized by the National Kidney Foundation. Events include swimming, [...]

In our last two podcasts we learned about the bioengineering and clinical use of artificial heart technology. In today’s podcast, you’ll hear about another approach to treatment for heart failure using lab-grown tissues. Dr. William Wagner is working to reconstruct damaged arteries and veins with scaffolds, and is leading a team that is [...]