by Admin | Mar 16, 2018 | Portraits of Hope, Video
Inspiration Award: Adrienne Bell-Cors Shapiro — A Sickle Cell Disease and stem cell Patient Advocate, the Founder and Science Administrator of the Axis Advocacy Sickle Cell Disease website, Ms. Shapiro is the fourth generation of mothers in her family to have a child...
by Admin | Jun 12, 2017 | Bioethics, News & Opinions, Policy
I just spent a week at Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine. I enjoyed the experience of being immersed in all things tissue-regeneration, bio-printing, scaffold development, and, especially, the unique collaboration model they have with private...
by Admin | May 18, 2017 | News & Opinions, Science
Stem cells have been lauded for their potential to cure a large array of cell based conditions, from muscular dystrophy to cancer to Parkinson’s Disease. But they have another, lesser known use: as tools for research into how human cells respond to an almost limitless...
by Admin | May 17, 2017 | News & Opinions
What happens when a cell-based therapy gets characterized as a “cure”? A Patient’s Answer May Be Surprising. How is using the word “cure” at this stage of our clinical translation of regenerative medicine likely to impact patients the most? I’ve considered...
by Admin | Apr 28, 2017 | News & Opinions
4th annual Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course June 5 – 9, 2017, Winston-Salem, North Carolina We at Regenerative Medicine Foundation are proud to be partnering with The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) for the fourth annual...
